Conventional drug therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-112

  Bryant, Robert V ^a   Brain, Oliver ^a   Travis, Simon P L ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919443959     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2014.968864     Document Type: Review

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