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Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors as prognostic indicators for diagnostic and surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Meijer Martin J, Mieremet-Ooms Marij A C, Sier Cornelis F M, van Hogezand Ruud A, Lamers Cornelis B H W, Hommes Daan W, Verspaget Hein W
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BACKGROUND: Recurrence of disease after surgically induced remission constitutes a major and largely unpredictable problem in Crohn's disease (CD). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) are involved in the (etio)pathogenesis of CD and may thereby a...
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