Cyclosporin therapy in severe ulcerative colitis: Is it worth the effort?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1200-1205

  McCormack, Geraldine ^a   McCormick, P Aiden ^a   Hyland, John M ^a   O'Donoghue, Diarmuid P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Immune suppressant; Steroid resistant; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; MALE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036735772     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6393-8     Document Type: Article

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