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Colectomy rate in steroid-refractory colitis initially responsive to cyclosporin: a long-term retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: There is consistent evidence that 50% of patients with acute, steroid-resistant flare of ulcerative colitis (UC) may achieve remission and avoid colectomy if treated with cyclosporin (CsA). However, follow-up of the responders has shown that most of them relapse and need surgery shortly...

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Autores principales: Actis, Giovanni C, Fadda, Maurizio, David, Ezio, Sapino, Anna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17389040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-7-13