Treatment of refractory microscopic colitis with azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine

Darrell S. Pardi; Edward V. Loftus; William J. Tremaine; William J. Sandborn

doi:10.1053/gast.2001.23976

Treatment of refractory microscopic colitis with azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine

Darrell S. Pardi, Edward V. Loftus, William J. Tremaine, William J. Sandborn

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Many patients with microscopic colitis will respond to antidiarrheal medications or to anti-inflammatory therapy with 5-aminosalicylates, although a few require corticosteroids. Some patients do not tolerate corticosteroid side effects, and a small subset are dependent on or refractory to corticosteroids. We report our experience with azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine in patients with microscopic colitis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1483-1484
Number of pages	2
Journal	Gastroenterology
Volume	120
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/gast.2001.23976
State	Published - Jan 1 2001

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