Abstract
The use of total parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease has become commonplace. Except for well-documented improvements in nutritional parameters, the efficacy of these treatments for primary therapy or for complications remains largely unproven.
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Whittaker, J.S. Nutritional therapy of hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Digest Dis Sci 32 (Suppl 12), S89–S94 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312471
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