Factors predictive of response to cyclosporin treatment for severe, steroid-resistant ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2000-2008

  Rowe, F Anderson ^b   Walker, John H ^b   Karp, Loren C ^b   Vasiliauskas, Eric A ^b   Plevy, Scott E ^b   Targan, Stephan R ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033869235     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00978-3     Document Type: Article

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