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Race and fistulizing perianal Crohn's disease.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2015
Alli-Akintade Latifat, Pruthvi Patel, Hadi Nicole, Sachar David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of Crohn's disease (CD) in non-white populations. However, reports of racial disparities in the phenotype of CD are still inconsistent. AIM: : The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that African American (AA) patients have higher incidence of severe fistulizing perianal Crohn's disease (FPD) compared with white patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of...
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