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SUBMITTER: Dykes DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485763 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dykes Dana M H DM Moore Sean R SR Polk D Brent DB Rosen Michael J MJ Wills Marcia L ML Morris Brian B Maclin Jeanine S JS Nogueira Janaina J Katz Avi A Hunley Tracey E TE Pugh Judith J Saeed Shehzad S
Case reports in pediatrics 20121023
Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressive medication utilized in the management of both autoimmune and solid organ transplant patients. Diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal side effect of MMF, but more severe forms of GI symptoms are described in renal transplant patients with a distinct pattern of histopathologic change, similar to graft-versus-host disease or Crohn's disease. This rare entity, commonly referred to as "MMF-related enterocolitis," has been described in adult patients, ...[more]