The use of infliximab for the treatment of non-specific ulcerative colitis: the cases of postpartum clinical course of the disease

Beliatko E.A.; Shifrin O.S.

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Beliatko E.A.

Pervyĭ Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet im. I.M. Sechenova

Shifrin O.S.

Pervyĭ Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet im. I.M. Sechenova

The use of infliximab for the treatment of non-specific ulcerative colitis: the cases of postpartum clinical course of the disease

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Beliatko E.A., Shifrin O.S.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. 2012;(2): 83‑88

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Beliatko EA, Shifrin OS. The use of infliximab for the treatment of non-specific ulcerative colitis: the cases of postpartum clinical course of the disease. Russian Journal of Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. 2012;(2):83‑88. (In Russ.)

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Abstract:

Ulcerative colitis, similar to Crohn's disease, is known to belong to a group of diseases underlain by disturbances of the autoimmune mechanisms maintaining the integrity of the intestinal mucous membrane. The authors describe two clinical cases of this pathology and provide the scientific substantiation for its conservative treatment with the use of infliximab as one of the most efficacious therapeutic modalities for the women presenting with severe steroid-resistant non-specific ulcerative colitis that becomes clinically manifested during the postpartum period. It is emphasized that the management of such patients necessitates the involvement of surgeons, besides gastroenterologists, to guarantee the salvage of patients by colectomy in case they cease to respond to conservative therapy.

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non-specific ulcerative colitis

Crohn's disease

infliximab

colectomy

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Beliatko E.A.

Pervyĭ Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet im. I.M. Sechenova

Shifrin O.S.

Pervyĭ Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet im. I.M. Sechenova

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