TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical treatment of Crohn's disease
AU - Harrison, Janet
AU - Hanauer, Stephen B.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Crohn's disease is not medically (and is rarely surgically) curable. Patients do, however, live a normal life span. The goal of therapy is to optimize the quality of life, minimize disease activity and disease-related complications, and avoid therapeutic toxicity.
AB - Crohn's disease is not medically (and is rarely surgically) curable. Patients do, however, live a normal life span. The goal of therapy is to optimize the quality of life, minimize disease activity and disease-related complications, and avoid therapeutic toxicity.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0889-8553(01)00011-5
DO - 10.1016/S0889-8553(01)00011-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12122730
AN - SCOPUS:0036305383
SN - 0889-8553
VL - 31
SP - 167
EP - 184
JO - Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
JF - Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -