How should we treat acute severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis?

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-151

  Cohen, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 61949084084     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20776     Document Type: Article

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