A comparison of short-term therapeutic efficacy between infliximab and tacrolimus for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis

A comparison of short-term therapeutic efficacy between infliximab and tacrolimus for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis

Introduction. Both infliximab (IFX) and tacrolimus (Tac) are effective for inducing clinical remission in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). However, no randomized study has addressed the relative efficacies of IFX and Tac for patients with moderate to severe UC. This study aimed to conduct a re...

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Main Authors: Yamagami Hirokazu, Nishida Yu, Nagami Yasuaki, Hosomi Shuhei, Yukawa Tomomi, Otani Koji, Tanaka Fumio, Taira Koichi, Kamata Noriko, Tanigawa Tetsuya, Shiba Masatsugu, Watanabe Toshio, Fujiwara Yasuhiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-09-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
infliximab
inverse probability of treatment weighting
remission rate
tacrolimus
ulcerative colitis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2017-0012

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