A preliminary study of growth hormone therapy for Crohn's disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 1633-1637

  Slonim, Alfred E ^a   Bulone, Linda ^a   Damore, Mary B ^a   Goldberg, Teresia ^a   Wingertzahn, Mark A ^a   McKinley, Matthew J ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0034212467     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200006013422203     Document Type: Article

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