Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection syndrome in ulcerative colitis treated with corticotherapy: The importance of strongyloides screening.

Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Published: July 2024

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Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection syndrome in ulcerative colitis treated with corticotherapy: The importance of strongyloides screening.

Gastroenterol Hepatol

July 2024

Department of Gastroenterology, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

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