Does methotrexate induce mucosal healing in Crohn's disease?

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-378

  Mañosa, Míriam ^a   Naves, Juan E ^a   Leal, Carles ^a   Cabré, Eduard ^a   Moreno, Vicente ^a,b   Lorenzo Zuñiga, Vicente ^a,b   Boix, Jaume ^a,b   Domènech, Eugeni ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149127788     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21015     Document Type: Letter

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