## Abstract Enteral nutrition has long been a therapeutic alternative often used in adult Crohn's disease patients to obtain remission or clinical response, especially in those not responding to conventional therapy such as corticosteroids. However, the increasing use of immunosuppressors (6‐mercap
Enteral nutrition—The new maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease?
✍ Scribed by Herbert Lochs
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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