Azathioprine and ulcerative colitis: A "second-look" meta-analysis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1186-1188

  Levesque, Barrett G ^a   Olkin, Ingram ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MESALAZINE; PLACEBO; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AZATHIOPRINE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950349052     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1163-z     Document Type: Letter

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