Acute duodenal Crohn's disease succesfully managed with low-speed elemental diet infusion via nasogastric tube: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-651

  Yamamoto, Takayuki ^a   Nakahigashi, Maki ^a   Umegae, Satoru ^a   Kitagawa, Tatsushi ^a   Matsumoto, Koichi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Duodenal Crohn's disease; Elemental diet; Inflammation; Stricture

Indexed keywords

ELENTAL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM DISEASE; DUODENUM MUCOSA; ELEMENTAL DIET; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFUSION; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION RATE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PYLORUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 33644929199     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.649     Document Type: Article

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