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Gastroenterology

An economic evaluation of tofacitinib for the treatment of moderately-to-severely active ulcerative colitis: modeling the cost of treatment strategies in the United States

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Pages 859-868 | Received 01 Feb 2019, Accepted 08 Apr 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019

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