A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SALICYLAZOSULFAPYRIDINE IN CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Authors: C G MOERTEL, J A BARGEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 November 1959A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SALICYLAZOSULFAPYRIDINE IN CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITISCHARLES G. MOERTEL, M.D., J. ARNOLD BARGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES G. MOERTEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. ARNOLD BARGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-879 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOf the many disease states that the internist or general practitioner may be called upon to treat, few if any have proved to be more frustrating to the physician and more demoralizing to the patient than chronic ulcerative colitis. Evaluation of any form of therapy in this disease is a most complex task, since it occurs in varied clinical forms and in varied degrees of severity. In many cases the natural history is one of exacerbations and remissions. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication May 12, 1959.Presented at the Fortieth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1959.From the Section of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.Requests for reprints should be addressed to the Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 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Preliminary Report 1 November 1959Volume 51, Issue 5Page: 879-889KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneColitisGraduate medical educationUlcerative colitis Issue Published: 1 November 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...