Recent steroid use and the relapse risk in ulcerative colitis patients with endoscopic healing.
Tomohiro FukudaHajime YamazakiYusuke MiyataniTsunaki SawadaNaoki ShibuyaYuka FukuoHiroki KiyoharaHiromu MorikuboKeiichi TominagaKazuki KakimotoTakayuki ImaiKatsuki YaguchiShojiro YamamotoKatsuyoshi AndoNobuaki NishimataTakeo YoshiharaAkira AndohToshifumi HibiKatsuyoshi Matsuokanull nullPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2024)
Even for patients with UC who achieved EH, the risk of relapse remains high following recent steroid therapy. Physicians need to consider the duration since last steroid use to stratify the relapse risk in UC patients with EH.