Methotrexate for maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Patel, V ^b   MacDonald, J K ^b   McDonald, J W ^b   Chande, Nilesh ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44949093534     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006884     Document Type: Review

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