Clinical review of Crohn's disease

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 392-397

  Ruthruff, Brenda ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COOPERATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; CAUSALITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34547456588     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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