Ciclosporin use in acute ulcerative colitis: a long-term experience.
BACKGROUND: Within a lifetime, approximately 15% of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients will have a severe relapse necessitating admission to hospital. Despite intravenous steroid treatment, approximately 25% will require either surgery or ciclosporin (CsA) rescue therapy. Initial response rates to Cs...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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