Cyclosporine therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: Short-term and long- term results

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-154

  Gurudu, Suryakanth R ^a   Griffel, Louis H ^a   Gialanella, Robert J ^a   Das, Kiron M ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine therapy; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032775005     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199909000-00009     Document Type: Article

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