The European panel on the appropriateness of Crohn's disease therapy

Digestion

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-7

  Caprilli, Renzo ^a   Michetti, Pierre ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; INFLIXIMAB; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REVIEW;

CROHN DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 20544455682     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083864     Document Type: Editorial

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