Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease
lmmunosuppressive therapy in the form of 6-mercaptopurine has shown a 66% efficacy in severe, debilitating, highly corticosteroid dependent Crohn’s disease. Nevertheless this medication has some important side effects such as nausea, vomiting, leukopenia and pancreatitis. Two patients are presented...
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| description | lmmunosuppressive therapy in the form of 6-mercaptopurine
has shown a 66% efficacy in severe, debilitating, highly corticosteroid dependent
Crohn’s disease. Nevertheless this medication has some important side effects
such as nausea, vomiting, leukopenia and pancreatitis. Two patients are presented
who, suffering from severe Crohn’s disease, were unable to tolerate
6-mercaptopurine but showed an amazing improvement with cyclophosphamide. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-97b5a3bf6d054fe4b0ea1e57e9709f652025-02-03T01:26:31ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79001989-01-013517517810.1155/1989/498156Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s DiseaseGilles Lapointe0Aubin Charbonneau1Division of Gastroenterology, Chicoutimi Hospital, Chicoutimi, Qubeéc, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, Chicoutimi Hospital, Chicoutimi, Qubeéc, Canadalmmunosuppressive therapy in the form of 6-mercaptopurine has shown a 66% efficacy in severe, debilitating, highly corticosteroid dependent Crohn’s disease. Nevertheless this medication has some important side effects such as nausea, vomiting, leukopenia and pancreatitis. Two patients are presented who, suffering from severe Crohn’s disease, were unable to tolerate 6-mercaptopurine but showed an amazing improvement with cyclophosphamide.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/498156 |
| spellingShingle | Gilles Lapointe Aubin Charbonneau Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease |
| title_full | Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease |
| title_fullStr | Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease |
| title_short | Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease |
| title_sort | cyclophosphamide an alternative treatment in crohn s disease |
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