Endoscopic therapy of strictures in Crohn's disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-358

  Van Assche, Gert ^a   Vermeire, Séverine ^a   Rutgeerts, Paul ^a   Koltun, Walter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33947545582     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20091     Document Type: Review

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