The effect of liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis on disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 434-441

  Mosli, Mahmoud ^a,c   Croome, Kristopher ^b   Qumosani, Karim ^a,d   Al Judaibi, Bandar ^a,e   Beaton, Melanie ^a   Marotta, Paul ^a   Chandok, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Multi Organ Transplant Unit   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Liver transplantation; Predictors of outcome; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCOLITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMALL BOWEL LYMPHOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84880865657     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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