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Clinical characteristics of familial versus sporadic Crohn's disease using the Vienna Classification.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2004
Dorn Spencer D, Abad Jose F, Panagopoulos Georgia, Korelitz Burton I
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BACKGROUND: The etiology of Crohn's disease, an illness protean in its manifestations, may be better resolved through studies involving more homogenous subgroups of patients. Because a strong genetic influence exists, family history of inflammatory bowel disease may be a useful variable for patient classification if patients with familial and sporadic Crohn's disease are clinically different. Our study attempted...
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