Medical management of fulminant colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-134

  Modigliani, Robert ^a   McLeod, Robin S ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTAMIDINE; PLACEBO; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING; KIDNEY FAILURE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0036199439     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200203000-00009     Document Type: Article

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