Systematic Review of the Quality of Patient Information on the Internet Regarding Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatments

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Langille, Morgan ^a   Bernard, André ^b   Rodgers, Chris ^b   Hughes, Stephanie ^b   Leddin, Des ^b   van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's Disease; Patient Education; Treatment; Ulcerative Colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE;

ACNE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; APPETITE DISORDER; BONE NECROSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ERUPTION; ENTERITIS; FUNDING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; LEUKOPENIA; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77949658972     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.12.024     Document Type: Review

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