Combined approach with biologics and surgery for enterocutaneous fistulas in Crohn's disease
β Scribed by Walter Fries; Giuseppe La Malfa; Giuseppe Costantino; Alessandro Repici; Silvio Mazziotti; Giuseppe Navarra
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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