A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of azathioprine in patients with ulcerative colitis

Yakugaku Zasshi

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 555-560

  Ohno, Keiko ^a   Masunaga, Yukari ^a   Ogawa, Ryuichi ^a   Hashiguchi, Masayuki ^a,b   Ogata, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Inducing remission; Maintaining remission; Meta analysis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKOPENIA; META ANALYSIS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; REVIEW;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 4644338224     PISSN: 00316903     EISSN: 13475231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.124.555     Document Type: Article

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