Budesonide and mesalazine in active Crohn's disease: A comparison of the effects on quality of life

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 649-653

  Thomsen, Ole Ø ^a   Cortot, Antoine ^b   Jewell, Derek ^c   Wright, John P ^d   Winter, Trevor ^e   Veloso, Fernando T ^f   Vatn, Morten ^g   Persson, Tore ^h   Pettersson, Eva ^h  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Kingsbury Hospital   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; MESALAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BUDESONIDE; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036131469     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05544.x     Document Type: Article

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