Does the initial location of Crohn's disease have an influence on the time-to-relapse in patients under maintenance treatment with oral mesalamine?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Bresci, G ^a,b   Parisi, G ^a   Bertoni, M ^a   Masolino, P ^a   Scatena, F ^a   Capria, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Location; Mesalamine; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MESALAZINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEITIS; MALE; MESALAMINE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033857697     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200009000-00012     Document Type: Article

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