Table 2. Corticosteroid Treatment.

Author (year)	Level of published evidence	No. of patients	Regimen	Outcome
Nakase et al. (2001)6	Case report	1	PSL 40 mg+intravenous dexamethasone 2.5 mg every 2 wk	After 4 wk, the endoscopic findings of cecal ulcer revealed healing
Toda et al. (2002)7	Case report	1	PSL 40 mg+20 mg of prednisolones injections into the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries	Multiple healing ulcers, but no open ulcers, were observed between the rectum and transverse colon 12 day after intraarterial prednisolone injection.
Yasuo et al. (2003)8	Case report	1	PSL 0.5 mg/kg	The endoscopic findings of esophageal ulcer revealed healing.
Park et al. (2010)16	Retrospective	54	The median dosage of corticosteroid, 0.58 mg/kg (0.39–1.20 mg/kg)
Hisamatsu et al. (2014)5	Japanese consensus statements	-	Weight-based approach of 0.5–1.0 mg/kg per day of prednisolone for 1–2 wk followed by a taper of 5 mg weekly until discontinuation.	-
Saleh and Arayssi (2014)15	Review	-	1 g intravenous methylprednisolone infusions daily for 3 day, followed by 1 mg/kg/day prednisolone tapered slowly	-

PSL, prednisolone.