title: [Current orientation in medical management of ulcerative colitis].
abstract: Authors synthetically remind epidemiology, eziopathogenesis and clinic of ulcerative colitis; they after describe the drugs employed in therapy of disease, stressing the mechanism of action, efficacy, collateral effects. Authors remember the choice of cortisonic therapy in the acute and severe periods of disease and the specific activity of salazopyrine and its metabolite 5-aminosalycilic acid in the ulcerative colitis and refer about the use of drugs as immunodepressors, fatty acids omega 3, zileuton, short chain fatty acids. Practical patterns of therapy in the diverse stages and clinical forms of the disease are exposed.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Istituto di Idrologia Medica.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Damiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontana
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D019804:Mesalamine; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D019804:Mesalamine
vernacular_title: Moderni orientamenti di terapia medica della colite ulcerosa.