Fistulizing Crohn's disease

Digestion

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-112

  Felley, Christian ^a   Mottet, Christian ^a   Juillerat, Pascal ^a   Pittet, Valérie ^c   Froehlich, Florian ^a,b   Vader, John Paul ^c   Michetti, Pierre ^a   Gonvers, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Cyclosporine; Fistula; Infliximab; Internal fistulas, surgery; Methotrexate; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS FISTULA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON FISTULA; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LEG CRAMP; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PROCTOCOLITIS; RECTAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849124378     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111024     Document Type: Review

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