A Preliminary Study of Growth Hormone Therapy for Crohn's Disease
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (22) , 1633-1637
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200006013422203
Abstract
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel. In a preliminary study, we evaluated whether the administration of growth hormone (somatropin) as well as a high-protein diet would ameliorate the symptoms of the disease.Keywords
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