Open AccessEffects of oral tacrolimus as a rapid induction therapy in ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Ken Kawakami,
Takuya Inoue,
Mitsuyuki Murano,
Ken Narabayashi,
Sadaharu Nouda,
Kumi Ishida,
Yosuke Abe,
Koji Nogami,
Nobuyuki Hida,
Hirokazu Yamagami,
Kenji Watanabe,
Eiji Umegaki,
Shirô Nakamura,
Tetsuo Arakawa,
Kazuhide Higuchi
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.i6.1880
Subject(s) - tacrolimus , medicine , ulcerative colitis , gastroenterology , refractory (planetary science) , trough level , prospective cohort study , transplantation , physics , disease , astrobiology
To determine the efficacy and safety of rapid induction therapy with oral tacrolimus without a meal in steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.