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Analysis of the disease activity of ulcerative colitis with and without concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis: An investigation using a nationwide database in Japan.
JGH Open
January 2022
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan.
Aims: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a relatively common complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). Only a few studies have investigated the impact of PSC on the clinical course of UC, and their conclusions are contradictory. Therefore, we aimed to compare the disease activity of UC with and without PSC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF() genotype affects the long-term therapeutic outcomes of anti-TNFα antibodies for Crohn's disease patients.
JGH Open
December 2020
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan.
Background And Aim: () is a major Crohn's disease (CD) susceptibility gene, especially in the East Asian population, and is also known to be associated with some clinical phenotypes, such as stricturing and penetrating behavior. This study aims to investigate the association between genotype and the long-term therapeutic outcomes of infliximab and adalimumab in Japanese CD patients.
Methods: We investigated 119 biologic-naïve CD patients treated with infliximab or adalimumab.