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Maintenance of pregnancy in Crohn's disease by parenteral nutrition: a case study
1Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London (KQC), Kensington, London.
Human Nutrition. Applied Nutrition
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
This case report illustrates the nutritional difficulties which may be encountered in pregnancy in a Crohn's disease patient who has undergone extensive gut resection. It also highlights the possible application of supplementary parenteral feeding to maintain adequate growth in fetuses small for gestational age because of maternal nutritional deprivation.