EPACT II: Project and methods

Digestion

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-91

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

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Crohn's disease, treatment; Evidence based medicine; Inflammatory bowel disease; RAND

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFLIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NATALIZUMAB; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROHN DISEASE; ELEMENTAL DIET; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PANEL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAND APPROPRIATENESS METHOD;

CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38849142735     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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