Monoclonal Antibodies

Reports summarize monoclonal antibodies research from Cleveland Clinic

Published in Blood Weekly, November 13th, 2008

" Few studies have evaluated preoperative infliximab use and postoperative outcomes in Crohn's patients. Our aim was to evaluate 30-day postoperative outcomes for Crohn's patients treated with infliximab within 3 months prior to ileocolonic resection," investigators in the United States report.

" The study is a retrospective evaluation of data for patients undergoing ileocolonic resection after 1998 from a prospective Crohn's disease database. Patient characteristics and 30-day complications were compared for patients treated with infliximab within 3 months before surgery and an infliximab naive group. The infliximab group was also compared with non-infliximab patients...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-11-13)

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