Topical treatment of distal active ulcerative colitis with beclomethasone dipropionate or mesalamine: A single-blind randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-297

  Gionchetti, Paolo ^a   D'Arienzo, Agesilao ^b   Rizzello, Fernando ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^b   Maieron, Roberto ^c   Lecis, Pier Enrico ^d   Valpiani, Daniela ^e   Iaquinto, Gaetano ^f   Annese, Vito ^g   Balzano, Antonio ^h   Varoli, Guido ⁱ   Campieri, Massimo ^a   Bennato, Raffaele ^b   Zilli, Maurizio ^c   Biedo, Franco Costan ^d   Germana, Bastianello ^d   Bove, Antonio ^h   Lombardi, Giovanni ^h   Pasquale, Luigi ^f   Andriulli, Angelo ^g   D'Albasio, Giuseppe ^j   Bagnoli, Siro ^j   Adamo, Salvatore ^k   Desideri, Serena ^k   Benedetti, Giorgio ^l   Sablich, Renato ^l   Riegler, Gabriele ^l   Caserta, Luigi ^m   Belletta, Marco ^m   Benedetti, Antonio ⁿ   Ridolfi, Francesco ⁿ   Blasi, Adriano ^o   Inserra, Gaetano ^o   Prada, Alberto ^p   Ferrau, Oscar ^q   Turiano, Santi ^q   Loriga, Pietro ^r   Muscas, Alessandro ^r   Murgia, Raimondo ^r   Colombo, Enrico ^s   Canevelli, Eugenio ^s   Menardo, Giorgio ^t   Dagnino, Franco ^t   Monica, Fabio ^u   Giordano, Massimo ^v   Torelli, Iliana ^v   Cuoco, Davide Lo ^w   Villa, Erica ^x   Rigo, Giampiero ^x   Bertani, Angela ^x   Cremonini, Claudia ^x   Minoli, Giorgio ^y   Meucci, Gianmichele ^y   Cattoni, Massimo ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^e MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S P A   (Italy)

^j CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Bussolengo Hospital   (Italy)

^l Civile Hospital   (Italy)

^m SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^p RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^r SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^s SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^t San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^u CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^w MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^y VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Beclomethasone; Mesalamine; Topical therapy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENEMA; HYDROCORTISONE; MESALAZINE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BECLOMETHASONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144371215     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000155124.74548.61     Document Type: Article

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