- Title
- Withdrawal of immunosuppression in Chron's disease treated with scheduled infliximab maintenance (letter)
- Creator
- Francis, Geoffrey; Duggan, Anne
- Relation
- Gastroenterology Vol. 135, Issue 6, p. 2156-2157
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2008.08.061
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- We commend Van Assche et al in their efforts to address the issue of withdrawing immunosuppression in patients with stable remission on combination treatment. Their article demonstrated a high loss of response to infliximab regardless of the use of immunosuppressant. The question raised is whether being a smoker, as opposed to a nonsmoker, affects failure of therapy and if this explains the high relapse rates in the absence of significant antibodies to infliximab?
- Subject
- Chron's Disease; infliximab; immunosuppressants; smokers; nonsmokers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/42780
- Identifier
- uon:4946
- Identifier
- ISSN:0016-5085
- Language
- eng
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