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Association of age at diagnosis and Crohn's disease phenotype.
Age and ageing - 1 Jan 2013
Quezada Sandra M, Steinberger Eileen K, Cross Raymond K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: fifteen percent of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) are elderly; they are less likely to have complications and more likely to have colonic disease. OBJECTIVE: to compare disease behaviour in patients with CD based on age at diagnosis. DESIGN: cross-sectional study. SETTING: tertiary referral centre. SUBJECTS: patients with confirmed CD. METHODS: behaviour was characterised according to the Montreal...
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