Azathioprine dose reduction in inflammatory bowel disease patients on combination therapy: an open-label, prospective and randomised clinical trial

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 142-149

  Roblin, X ^a   Boschetti, G ^b   Williet, N ^a   Nancey, S ^b   Marotte, H ^a   Berger, A ^a   Phelip, J M ^a   Peyrin Biroulet, L ^c   Colombel, J F ^d   Del Tedesco, E ^a   Paul, S ^a   Flourie, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB; TIOGUANINE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPEN STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INFLIXIMAB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018689315     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.14106     Document Type: Article

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