Increased Mortality Rates With Prolonged Corticosteroid Therapy When Compared With Antitumor Necrosis Factor-α-Directed Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

OBJECTIVES: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that compromise quality of life and may increase mortality. This study compared the mortality risk with prolonged corticosteroid use vs. antitumor necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF) drugs in IBD. METHODS: A...

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Autores principales: Lewis, James D, Scott, Frank I, Brensinger, Colleen M, Roy, Jason A, Osterman, Mark T, Mamtani, Ronac, Bewtra, Meenakshi, Chen, Lang, Yun, Huifeng, Xie, Fenglong, Curtis, Jeffrey R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2018
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29336432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2017.479

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29336432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2017.479

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