A multicenter trial of 6-mercaptopurine and prednisone in children with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 895-902

  Markowitz, James ^a   Grancher, Kathy ^a   Kohn, Nina ^b   Lesser, Martin ^b   Daum, Fredric ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; MERCAPTOPURINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0033770169     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2000.18144     Document Type: Article

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