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Classification of inflammatory bowel disease: the old and the new.
Current opinion in gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2012
Vermeire Severine, Van Assche Gert, Rutgeerts Paul
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are disorders of multifactorial cause that present as a multitude of phenotypes, clinical behaviours and severity. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are considered as the two extremes of what is believed to be a spectrum of chronic gut inflammation and this separation is still the first classification used when confronted with an IBD patient. An accurate...
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