Efficacy and safety of endoscopic balloon dilation of symptomatic intestinal Crohn's disease strictures

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-125

  Scimeca, Daniela ^a   Mocciaro, Filippo ^a   Cottone, Mario ^a   Montalbano, Luigi Maria ^b   D'Amico, Gennaro ^b   Olivo, Mirko ^a   Orlando, Rosalba ^a   Orlando, Ambrogio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Crohn's disease; Strictures

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MESALAZINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651454100     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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