title: Treatment of choice for acute severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis is colectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. interscience.wiley.com
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Arthur F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Stucchi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids