Outcome following thiopurine use in children with ulcerative colitis: A prospective multicenter registry study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 981-987

  Hyams, Jeffrey S ^a   Lerer, Trudy ^a   MacK, David ^b   Bousvaros, Athos ^c   Griffiths, Anne ^d   Rosh, Joel ^e   Otley, Anthony ^f   Evans, Jonathan ^g   Stephens, Michael ^h   Kay, Marsha ⁱ   Keljo, David ^j   Pfefferkorn, Marian ^k   Saeed, Shehzad ^l   Crandall, Wallace ^m   Michail, Sonia ⁿ   Kappelman, Michael D ^o   Grossman, Andrew ^p   Samson, Charles ^q   Sudel, Boris ^r   Oliva Hemker, Maria ^s   Leleiko, Neal ^t   Markowitz, James ^u   more..

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e Goryeb Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k RILEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^m NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ Dayton Heart Hospital   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^p CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^q CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^s JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^u Northwell Health   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PRURITUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MESALAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955578796     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.493     Document Type: Review

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