The second European evidence-based Consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: Current management

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis - Tập 4 Số 1 - Trang 28-62 - 2010
Axel Dignaß1, Gert Van Assche, James O. Lindsay, Marc Lémann, Johan D. Söderholm, Jean–Fréderic Colombel, Silvio Danese2, André D’Hoore, Miquel A. Gassull, Fernando Gomollón, Daan W. Hommes, Pierre Michetti, Colm O’Morain, Tom Øresland, Alastair Windsor, Eduard F. Stange, Simon Travis
1Department of Medicine I, Markus-Krankenhaus, Wilhelm-Epstein-Str. 4, D-60431 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
2Istituto Clinico Humanitas

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