Necessity of phenotypic classification of inflammatory bowel disease.

Abstract excerpt

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are classically divided in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). However, these two entities are still heterogeneous and a further classification in subphenotypes is necessary. Clinical subphenotypes are easy to use, do not necessitate complicated tests and can already give very important information for the management of the patients. In CD, clinical subphenotypes...

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• Age of Onset
• Colitis, Ulcerative
• Crohn Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Phenotype