The Many Faces Of Malnutrition In Crohn Disease

This editorial by K.N. Jeejeebhoy emphasizes that Crohn disease is a life-long disorder with subtle manifestations of malnutrition which affect muscle strength and sense of well being in spite of clinical remission. Thus, physicians should continue to provide heightened surveillance for remedial nutritional problems in patients at all stages of this disease.

Corresponding Author: K.N. Jeejeebhoy, e-mail: khush.jeejeebhoy@utoronto.ca.

View the full text of this article at http://www.faseb.org/ajcn/abst98/may/jeejee.pdf

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