Medical treatment of Crohn's disease

Janet Harrison; Stephen B. Hanauer

doi:10.1016/S0889-8553(01)00011-5

Medical treatment of Crohn's disease

Janet Harrison, Stephen B. Hanauer^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medicine, Gastroenterology Division

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	167-184
Number of pages	18
Journal	Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-8553(01)00011-5
State	Published - 2002

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