Active idiopathic ulcerative colitis in a patient with ongoing HIV-related immunodepression.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
It is suspected that immune mechanisms are important in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis. The following is a case report of a patient with human immunodeficiency virus-related immunodeficiency whose ulcerative colitis ran a course independent of the depression of his peripheral CD4 cells. Thus, peripheral CD4 cells may have little role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis.
Medical subject headings
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- HIV Infections