Efficacy of cyclosporin with corticotropin for refractory ulcerative colitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Okamura, Shozo ^a,b   Aoki, Hiizu ^a   Ohashi, Shinji ^a   Urano, Fumihiro ^a   Shimodaira, Masaya ^a   Kanamori, Shinichi ^a   Ishikawa, Hideki ^a   Segawa, Kose ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Toyohashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Cyclosporin; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MESALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREMOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037267152     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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