Systemic Mycobacterium avium complex infection during antitumor necrosis factor-α therapy in pediatric Crohn disease.

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Published: February 2012

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