Is neutropenia required for effective maintenance of remission during azathioprine therapy in inflammatory bowel disease?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1073-1076

  Campbell, Simon ^a   Ghosh, Subrata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Crohn s disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Neutropenia; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; COLON CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZATHIOPRINE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034812896     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200109000-00013     Document Type: Article

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