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Association of adherence to therapy and complementary and alternative medicine use with demographic factors and disease phenotype in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 1 Sept 2010
Lakatos Peter Laszlo, Czegledi Zsofia, David Gyula, Kispal Zsofia, Kiss Lajos S, Palatka Karoly, Kristof Tunde, Nagy Ferenc, Salamon Agnes, Demeter Pal, Miheller Pal, Szamosi Tamas, Banai Janos, Papp Maria, Bene Laszlo, Kovacs Agota, Racz Istvan, Lakatos Laszlo
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Previous studies have suggested an increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Furthermore, a significant number of IBD patients fail to comply with treatment. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of non-adherence and the use of CAM in Hungarian patients with IBD. METHODS: A total of 655 consecutive IBD...
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