Controlled trial of intravenous metronidazole as an adjunct to corticosteroids in severe ulcerative colitis

Gut

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1210-1212

  Chapman, R W ^a   Selby, W S ^a   Jewell, D P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARGE INTESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0022505628     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.27.10.1210     Document Type: Article

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