Chronic diarrhoea from mycophenolate mofetil-induced colitis
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Chronic diarrhoea from mycophenolate mofetil-induced colitis.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 25-year-old female with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) complicated by scleroderma renal crisis presented with a 2-week history of profuse, watery diarrhoea that persisted through the night and with fasting. She has been maintained on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) at 1000 mg/day for 1 year for her MCTD. The patient reported no recent travel or similar illness in her ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5344