Postoperative endoscopic surveillance in Crohn's disease: bottom up or top down?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-543

  Katz, Jeffry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

AFTERCARE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; ILEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548108445     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.02.060     Document Type: Editorial

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