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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Pubblicato in:Am J Gastroenterol
Autori principali: 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
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Nature Publishing Group 2018
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5886050/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29336432
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2017.479
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