Adrenomedullin: A novel therapy for intractable ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ashizuka, Shinya ^a   Kita, Toshihiro ^a   Inatsu, Haruhiko ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84876406616     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22891     Document Type: Letter

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