Anorectal Crohn's disease: Surgical and medical management

BioDrugs

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-105

  Aronoff, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Korelitz, Burton I ^a   Sohn, Norman ^a   Ky, Alex ^a   Rajapakse, Ramona ^a   Weinstein, Michael A ^a   Cohen, Frank S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONTINENCE; ENTERITIS; FISTULA; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034100867     PISSN: 11738804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00063030-200013020-00003     Document Type: Article

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