Abstract | OBJECTIVES: METHODS: Using an electronic medical archival retrieval system, records of 6800 liver and kidney transplant patients were searched for evidence of IBD. The pathology was reviewed, and infectious etiologies were excluded. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: 1) New onset IBD can develop after solid organ transplantation, despite use of immunosuppressive therapy. 2) A full spectrum of IBD can be seen after transplantation. 3) Study of these patients could shed light on why immunosuppression is not uniformly effective for IBD and provide clues to the inflammatory determinants of IBD.
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Authors | T R Riley, R E Schoen, R G Lee, J Rakela |
Journal | The American journal of gastroenterology
(Am J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 92
Issue 2
Pg. 279-82
(Feb 1997)
ISSN: 0002-9270 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9040206
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Autoimmune Diseases
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Male
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Time Factors
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