Supplement of a chitosan and ascorbic acid mixture for Crohn's disease: A pilot study

Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-139

  Tsujikawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Kanauchi, Osamu ^a   Andoh, Akira ^a   Saotome, Takao ^a   Sasaki, Masaya ^a   Fujiyama, Yoshihide ^a   Bamba, Tadao ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Crohn's disease; Fecal fat excretion

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHITOSAN; FECES LIPID; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXCRETION; FAT INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENTS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0037322359     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00958-9     Document Type: Article

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