Postoperative recurrence of crohn's disease in relation to radicality of operation and sulfasalazine prophylaxis: A multicenter trial

Digestion

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 224-232

  Ewe, K ^a   Herfarth, C ^a   Malchow, H ^b   Heidelberg, H J ^a  

^a First Department of Medicine ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Operation; Prophylaxis; Recurrence; Sulfasalazine

Indexed keywords

SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; SULFASALAZINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024341305     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000199850     Document Type: Article

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