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Evidence for separate disease phenotypes in intestinal Crohn's disease.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Feb 2002
Borley N R, Mortensen N J McC, Chaudry M A, Mohammed S, Clarke T, Jewell D P
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BACKGROUND: This study investigated the hypothesis that separate phenotypes of Crohn's disease exist which display differing patterns of recurrence with a tendency to preservation of phenotype between serial operations. METHODS: Some 483 abdominal operations (278 patients) were identified from a prospectively compiled database. Patterns of recurrence (reoperation) were analysed by Kaplan-Meier plots and log rank...
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