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Ulcerative Colitis Activity Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin, in a Patient with Longstanding Disease under Continuous Treatment with Mesalazine

Background. The presence of ulcerative colitis (UC) with no bowel symptoms, as fever of unknown origin (FUO), is uncommon. Objective. To describe the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented with fever, with a history of UC under treatment with mesalazine. Case Presentation. She was admitted due t...

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Autores principales: Voukelatou, Panagiota, Sfendouraki, Elissavet, Karianos, Theodoros, Saranti, Sofia, Tsitsimelis, Dimitrios, Vrettos, Ioannis, Kalliakmanis, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27504121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4396256