Long-term outcome of maintenance infliximab therapy in children with Crohnʼs disease

S. Hyams, Jeffrey; Lerer, Trudy; M. Griffiths, Anne; Pfefferkorn, Marian; Kugathasan, Subra; Evans, Jonathan; Otley, Anthony; Carvalho, Ryan; Mack, David; Bousvaros, Athos; R. Rosh, Joel; Mamula, Petar; Kay, Marsha; Crandall, Wallace; Oliva‐Hemker, Maria; J. Keljo, David; S. LeLeiko, Neal; Markowitz, James

doi:10.1002/ibd.20845

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Long-term outcome of maintenance infliximab therapy in children with Crohnʼs disease

Published in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases • Dec 23, 2008

Authors:

Jeffrey S. Hyams

Trudy Lerer

Anne M. Griffiths

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Infliximab therapy has short-term benefits in children with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease (CD). We assessed the long-term outcome of infliximab maintenance therapy in children with CD. METHODS: We performed a multicenter cohort study of 729 pediatric patients with CD enrolled in the...

Subject

Infliximab

Medicine

Crohn's disease

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