Clinical Trials and Therapeutics
Issues in the development of practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease
Dr. William J. Tremaine,
Corresponding Author
Dr. William J. Tremaine
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. W. J. Tremaine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street, S.W., Rochester, MN 55905, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorDr. William J. Tremaine,
Corresponding Author
Dr. William J. Tremaine
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. W. J. Tremaine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street, S.W., Rochester, MN 55905, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 14 December 2006

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