Combined use of cyclosporine and azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 296-302

  Ramakrishna, J ^a   Langhans, N ^b   Calenda, K ^b   Grand, R J ^b   Verhave, M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

6 Mercaptopurine; Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Cyclosporine; Pediatric; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADOLESCENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029921929     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199604000-00012     Document Type: Article

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