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Perianal disease predicts changes in Crohn's disease phenotype-results of a population-based study of inflammatory bowel disease phenotype.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2008
Tarrant Kelly M, Barclay Murray L, Frampton Christopher M A, Gearry Richard B
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BACKGROUND: The Montreal classification system of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) provides a framework for describing disease phenotype. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe changes in IBD phenotype using the Montreal system and determine predictors of phenotype change in a Caucasian population-based cohort. METHODS: Ninety-two percent of people with IBD in Canterbury, New Zealand were recruited. Clinical notes were...
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