Fulminant colitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2157-2159

  Sands, Bruce E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Fulminant colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Infliximab; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; TIME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049168572     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0661-1     Document Type: Article

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