Incomplete remission with short-term prednisolone treatment in collagenous colitis: A randomized study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 606-610

  Munck, Lars Kristian ^a   Kjeldsen, J ^b   Philipsen, E ^b   Fischer Hansen, B ^b  

^a KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Diarrhoea; Microscopic colitis; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; LACTOSE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038649976     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310002210     Document Type: Article

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