Prevalence of overweight and obesity in patients with Crohn's disease in Western countries and Japan

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Yamamoto, Takayuki ^a   Shiraki, Manabu ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; INFLIXIMAB; PROTEIN;

BODY MASS; CROHN DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRELAND; JAPAN; LETTER; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84875632621     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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