Can we influence fibrosis in Crohn's disease?

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Van Assche, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSIS; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CROHN DISEASE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034944747     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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