Corticosteroid-dependent eosinophilic oesophagitis: Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine can induce and maintain long-term remission

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 865-869

  Netzer, Peter ^a,b,c   Gschossmann, Juergen M ^a   Straumann, Alex ^d   Sendensky, Alexander ^a   Weimann, Rosemarie ^c   Schoepfer, Alain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GI Unit   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

6 Mercaptopurine; Azathioprine; Corticosteroid dependency; Corticosteroids; Eosinophilic oesophagitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34548662642     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32825a6ab4     Document Type: Article

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