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Clinical presentation and disease course of inflammatory bowel disease differs by race in a large tertiary care hospital.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 2014
Sofia M Anthony, Rubin David T, Hou Ningqi, Pekow Joel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among African-Americans (AAs) is increasing, there is limited understanding of phenotypic differences and outcomes by race. AIM: To describe disease characteristics of AA patients compared to Caucasian (Ca) patients in a tertiary care population. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional review of the IBD registry at the University of Chicago from...
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