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Recent advances in understanding Crohn's disease.
Internal and emergency medicine - 1 Mar 2013
Di Sabatino Antonio, Rovedatti Laura, Vidali Francesca, Macdonald Thomas Thornton, Corazza Gino Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder resulting from an inappropriate innate and acquired immune response to commensal microorganisms in genetically susceptible individuals. This disease has a fluctuating course, with alternating periods of remission and relapses, and it is characterized by a remarkable clinical heterogeneity; it may be complicated by perianal fistulas, abscesses, and...
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