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. 1982 Oct;58(684):665–666. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.684.665

Glandular fever-like illness associated with sulphasalazine

David L Carr-Locke, Muntaz Ali

PMCID: PMC2426468 PMID: 6129620

Abstract

A patient with ulcerative colitis is described in whom a glandular fever-like illness was associated with the use of sulphasalazine which recurred in part on re-exposure to the drug. This complication has been previously described three times from the United States but not from the United Kingdom.

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