A Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Therapeutic Outcomes of Infliximab- versus Tacrolimus-Based Strategies for Steroid-Refractory Ulcerative Colitis

Background/Aims. Antitumor necrosis factor antibodies and calcineurin inhibitors have shown good therapeutic efficacy for steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC). Although some studies have compared the efficacy of infliximab (IFX) and cyclosporin A, there are no published studies comparing IFX a...

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Main Authors: Katsuya Endo, Motoyuki Onodera, Hisashi Shiga, Masatake Kuroha, Tomoya Kimura, Keiichiro Hiramoto, Yoichi Kakuta, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Tooru Shimosegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3162595
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