Role of thiopurines as disease-modifying agents in Crohn's disease

Gut. 2018 Dec;67(12):2229-2230. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315840. Epub 2018 Jan 3.

Authors

Jonathan Blackwell¹, Sonia Saxena², Richard C Pollok¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, St George's NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.

PMID: 29298871
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315840

No abstract available

Keywords: 6-mercaptopurine; antibody targeted therapy; azathioprine; crohn’s disease; ibd surgery.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Azathioprine*
Crohn Disease*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents
Mercaptopurine

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Mercaptopurine
Azathioprine