A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Efficacy and Adverse Events of Infliximab in Comparison to Corticosteroids and Placebo in Active Ulcerative Colitis

摘要

The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays a major role in severity of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and thus inhibition of TNF-α is used to control severe cases of UC. The present meta-analysis was performed to collect and