Practice parameters for the surgical management of Crohn's disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1735-1746

  Strong, Scott A ^b   Koltun, Walter A ^b   Hyman, Neil H ^a   Buie, W Donald ^b   Ellis, C Neal ^b   Kumar, Ravin ^b   Mills, Steven ^b   Newstead, Graham ^b   Shellito, Paul ^b   Sigurdson, Elin ^b   Steele, Scott ^b   Tjandra, Joe ^b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NATALIZUMAB; PURINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

COLON; COLON TUMOR; CROHN DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ILEUM; INFORMATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARAMETER; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

COLECTOMY; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION;

EID: 35948933863     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9012-7     Document Type: Review

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