Journal article
Enteral nutritional therapy for induction of remission in Crohn's disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The role of enteral nutrition in Crohn's disease is controversial. Increasing research on the mechanisms by which nutritional therapy improves the clinical well being of patients with Crohn's disease has led to novel formula design and trials comparing two different forms of enteral nutrition. This meta-analysis aims to provide an update on the existing effectiveness data for both corticosteroids versus enteral nutrition and for one …
Authors
Zachos M; Tondeur M; Griffiths AM
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, , No. 1,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd000542.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137