A new mesalazine gel enema in the treatment of left-sided ulcerative colitis: A randomized controlled multicentre trial

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-388

  Gionchetti, P ^g   Ardizzone, S ^a   Benvenuti, M E ^b   Bianchi Porro, G ^a   Biasco, G ^g   Cesari, P ^c   Albasio, G D ^d   De Franchis, R ^g   Monteleone, G ^g   Pallone, F ^g   Ranzi, T ^g   Trallori, G ^d   Valpiani, D ^e   Vecchi, M ^g   Campieri, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Divisione Medica I   (Italy)

^c S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e U O Pneumologia G B Morgagni Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; ENTERASIN GEL; MESALAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REMISSION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENEMA; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033031196     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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