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Background. Use of sulphasalazine in ulcerative colitis patients is hampered by a variety of side-effects, including male infertility. 5-aminosalicylic acid is better tolerated and has been increasingly used to treat patients... more
Recently, there has been concern by regulatory authorities of the risk of alcohol-induced dose dumping of oral modified release (MR) formulations. The aim of this work was to use in vitro dissolution methodology to investigate the... more
Microwave-initiated synthesis of polyacrylamide-grafted sodium alginate, a graft copolymer with wide variety of applications has been reported in this study. The effect of reaction parameters (i.e., irradiation time and monomer... more
Background and aims Literature data about the outcome of segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis (SCAD) are scarce. Our aim was to assess the clinical outcome of SCAD according to the type of disease. Patients/methods... more
Background: Pentasa is a controlled-release tablet made from semipermeable microspheres and designed to continuously deliver therapeutic quantities of 5-ASA (5-aminosalicylic acid) throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Scintigraphic... more
An increased prevalence of elevated serum anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) levels in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) has been described. The aim of the present work was to investigate serum ASCA levels during the... more
Prognostic factors for postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease (CD) have been widely investigated but not yet clearly identified. PURPOSE: Aim of this study was, therefore, to analyze the association between demographic, clinical,... more