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Clinical and genetic risk factors for perianal Crohn's disease in a population-based cohort.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2012
Eglinton T W, Roberts R, Pearson J, Barclay M, Merriman T R, Frizelle F A, Gearry R B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Perianal Crohn's disease (CD) affects around one-quarter of CD patients and represents a distinct disease phenotype. The objective of this study was to investigate a large population-based cohort of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients to identify clinical and genetic risk factors for perianal CD. METHODS: Data were collected in the Canterbury IBD database, estimated to include 91% of all...
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