Mucosal Healing with Anti-TNF Antibodies
Mucosal Healing with Anti-TNF Antibodies
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DOI:
10.1159/000341957
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Peyrin-Biroulet, Laurent
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作者:
Chevaux, Jean-Baptiste;Vavricka, Stephan R.;Peyrin-Biroulet, Laurent
Nowadays, mucosal healing is regarded as a major end point in clinical trials and is increasingly used in clinical practice for the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The definition of nnucosal healing varies across studies and validated endoscopic scoring indices are still lacking. The advent of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents has changed the way of treating inflammatory bowel disease and high rates of induction and maintenance of nnucosal healing can be achieved with this drug class. Mucosal healing is desirable as it may change the natural course of the disease by decreasing surgery and hospitalization rates in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel