Intramural steroid injection and endoscopic dilation for Crohn's disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1027-1028

  Van Assche, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

BALLOON DILATATION; COLON DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PROGNOSIS;

BALLOON DILATATION; COLONIC DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 35748936471     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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