Do immunosuppressants really work as maintenance therapy after the achievement of remission of severe ulcerative colitis?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-317

  Naganuma, Makoto ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER RISK; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RECURRENCE; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 0036255636     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350200043     Document Type: Editorial

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