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Crohn’s disease and the mycobacterioses: A quarter century later. Causation or simple association?
14 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
It has been more than 25 years since Mycobacterium paratuberculosis was first proposed as an etiologic agent in Crohn's disease based on the isolation of this organism from several patients. Since that time, a great deal of information has been accumulated that clearly establishes an association between M. paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease. However, data are conflicting and difficult to interpret and the field...
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