Treatment of choice for acute severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis is cyclosporine.
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Simon
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Henry Janowitz Department of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1755 York Ave., New York, NY 10128, USA. slichtiger@aol.com
D000208:Acute Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine