TY - JOUR T1 - Intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1058 LP - 1058 VL - 53 IS - 7 AU - Z Barta AU - L Toth AU - G G Szabo AU - G Szegedi AU - M Zeher Y1 - 2004/07/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/7/1058.1.abstract N2 - The management of refractory severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is still unresolved. We read with interest the article by Stallmach et al on the safety and efficacy of intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide in acute steroid refractory IBD (Gut 2003;52:377–82). In common with other disease, the aims of therapy in IBD fall into three categories: induction of remission; maintenance of remission; and prevention of relapse, all of which should be undertaken with minimal mortality and morbidity … ER -