Refractory primary sclerosing cholangitis becoming responsive after sulphasalazine treatment of an underlying silent colitis

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 515-517

  Broccoletti, T ^a   Ciccimarra, E ^a   Spaziano, M ^a   Capuano, G ^a   Petrone, E ^a   Mandato, C ^a   Migliaro, F ^a   Vajro, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colitis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Sulphasalazine

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036959298     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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