Nutrition and Crohn's Disease: An Overview

Malnutrition is common in Crohn's disease. Nutrition can be improved in patients with Crohn's disease by total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or enteral nutrition. TPN induces long term remission in over 50% of patients with Crohn's disease. Enteral nutrition is as effective, more economi...

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Main Author: C Ó'Moráin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/147234