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Disease location, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody, and NOD2/CARD15 genotype influence the progression of disease behavior in Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Sept 2004
Smith Ben R K, Arnott Ian D R, Drummond Hazel E, Nimmo Elaine R, Satsangi Jack
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is characterized by heterogeneity of phenotype. The Vienna classification can be used to classify CD, and recent data illustrate that behavior evolves over the course of the disease. Clinical and biological influences on disease progression remain unclear. We examined the associations of CD disease progression at diagnosis and for up to 20 years of follow-up. METHODS: Two hundred...
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