Journal article
Glucocorticosteroid Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The use of glucocorticosteroids to treat both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) is widespread, but no systematic review and meta-analysis has examined the issue of efficacy of these agents in its entirety.
METHODS: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane central register of controlled trials were searched (through December 2010). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) recruiting adults with active or quiescent CD comparing …
Authors
Ford AC; Bernstein CN; Khan KJ; Abreu MT; Marshall JK; Talley NJ; Moayyedi P
Journal
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 106, No. 4,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2011
DOI
10.1038/ajg.2011.70
ISSN
0002-9270