Is endoscopic balloon therapy an effective treatment for patients with Crohn's disease strictures?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 298-299

  Van Assche, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Endoscopic through the scope balloon dilation; Gastrointestinal strictures; Intralesional steroid injection

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

BALLOON DILATATION; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 23344448392     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0217     Document Type: Short Survey

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