Maintenance therapy by azathioprine after successful treatment by intravenous corticosteroid in acute severe colitis. An open prospective study;Traitement d'entretien par azathioprine apres bonne reponse au traitement corticoide intra-veineux au cours des colites aigues graves. Résultats d'une étude prospective ouverte

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Karoui, Sami ^a   Djebbi, Saloua ^a   Belkhodja, Asma ^a   Boubaker, Jalel ^a   Filali, Azza ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute severe colitis; Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SIGMOID; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549101431     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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