Cyclosporin for severe ulcerative colitis does not increase the rate of perioperative complications

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1436-1440

  Hyde, G M ^a   Jewell, D P ^a   Kettlewell, M G W ^a   Mc C Mortensen, N J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Surgery; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0034785222     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234594     Document Type: Article

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