Medication Withdrawal With Normal or Near-normal Histology in Ulcerative Colitis is Associated With Clinical Relapse
Persons with UC who achieve normal or near-normal histology have moderate rates of clinical relapse. Physicians should be cautious when considering withdrawing IBD-therapy as this was associated with an increased risk of clinical relapse.
Authors
- Çharles N. Bernstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8041-3574)
- Zoann Nugent
- Jenny E. Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-3175)
- Seth R. Shaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-6832)
- David F. Schaeffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-1308)
- Ayed A. S. Algarni
Institutions
- Vancouver General Hospital (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0000000000002120
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00