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The use of exclusive enteral nutrition for induction of remission in children with Crohn's disease demonstrates that disease phenotype does not influence clinical remission.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Sept 2009
Buchanan E, Gaunt W W, Cardigan T, Garrick V, McGrogan P, Russell R K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) achieves variable remission rates in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). AIM: To describe our experience of treating CD with an 8-week course of primary EEN and to study factors affecting treatment outcome. METHODS: All CD patients treated with EEN in our centre between 2004 and 2007 were included in the study. Remission was determined by a combination of clinical...
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