Open AccessCorticosteroid therapy in ulcerative colitis: Clinical response and predictors
Author(s) -
Jin Li,
Fan Wang,
Hongjie Zhang,
Jian-qiu Sheng,
Wenfeng Yan,
Minxing Ma,
Ruitai Fan,
Fang Gu,
ChuanFeng Li,
Da-Fan Chen,
Ping Zheng,
Yu-Pei Gu,
Qian Cao,
Hong Yang,
Jiaming Qian,
Pinjin Hu,
Bing Xia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i10.3005
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , multivariate analysis , corticosteroid , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel disease , inflammatory response , refractory period , complete response , disease , chemotherapy , inflammation
To evaluate clinical response to initial corticosteroid (CS) treatment in Chinese ulcerative colitis patients (UC) and identify predictors of clinical response.