Intravenous corticotrophin vs. hydrocortisone in the treatment of hospitalized patients with Crohn's disease: A randomized double-blind study and foliow-up

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Chun, Alexander ^a   Chadi, Ron M ^a   Korelitz, Burton I ^a,b   Colonna, Thomas ^a   Felder, Joseph B ^a   Jackson, Mark H ^a   Morgenstern, Eric H ^a   Rubin, Steven D ^a   Sacknoff, Andrea G ^a   Gleim, Gilbert M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intravenous hydrocortisone

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PREDNISONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032138224     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-199808000-00001     Document Type: Article

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