Medical treatment of Crohn's disease.
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.
Harrison
Janet
J
Department of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hanauer
Stephen B
SB
D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index