Exclusive enteral nutrition with concomitant early thiopurine use was effective in maintaining steroid-free remission in a Southeast Asian cohort of children with Crohn's disease

• Main Authors: Ong, C, Lim, P.T, Logarajah, V, Liwanag, M.J, Ang, B.X, Cher, Y, Chiou, F.K, Kader, A
• Other Authors: PAEDIATRICS
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: albumin; azathioprine; C reactive protein; mercaptopurine; immunosuppressive agent; Article; body mass; child; clinical article; clinical evaluation; cohort analysis; controlled study; Crohn disease; demography; disease duration; drug efficacy; drug use; enteric feeding; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; female; human; male; medical record; Paediatric Crohns Disease Activity Index; platelet count; remission; retrospective study; school child; scoring system; Southeast Asian; treatment duration; treatment outcome; treatment response; adolescent; blood; diet therapy; drug administration; multimodality cancer therapy; preschool child; Singapore; Adolescent; Azathioprine; Child; Child, Preschool; Combined Modality Therapy; Crohn Disease; Drug Administration Schedule; Enteral Nutrition; Female; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents; Male; Remission Induction; Retrospective Studies
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175350
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12876-018-0907-7