The impact of preoperative use of infliximab on postoperative complications in patients with Crohn's disease

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1038-

  Shiraki, Manabu ^a   Yamamoto, Takayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FISTULA; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84869081614     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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