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Title
Phosphatidylcholine for steroid-refractory chronic ulcerative colitis: a randomized trial.
Authors
Stremmel, Wolfgang; Ehehalt, Robert; Autschbach, Frank; Karner, Max
Abstract
Although long-term steroid treatment is discouraged in ulcerative colitis, alternatives are lacking when therapy with immunosuppressant drugs fails. An insufficient level of phosphatidylcholine in colonic mucus is a possible pathogenetic factor for ulcerative colitis.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2007, Vol 147, Issue 9, p603