Effect of treatment on symptoms and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis: Comparative trial of hydrocortisone acetate foam and prednisolone 21-phosphate enemas

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 291, Issue 6499, 1985, Pages 866-

  Somerville, K W ^a   Langman, M J S ^a   Kane, S P ^b   MacGilchrist, A J ^c   Watkinson, G ^c   Salmon, P ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE 21 PHOSPHATE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG THERAPY; ENTERITIS; FOAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARGE INTESTINE; LIFE SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SMALL INTESTINE; THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 3042679980     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6499.866     Document Type: Article

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