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Clinical patterns and outcome of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Nov 2014
Ledder Oren, Catto-Smith Anthony G, Oliver Mark R, Alex George, Cameron Donald J S, Hardikar Winita
Abstract excerpt
We sought to determine whether extremely-early-onset childhood inflammatory bowel disease (age <6 years; 20 ulcerative colitis [UC], 8 Crohn disease [CD], 2 indeterminate, sequentially diagnosed) was clinically more severe than in older children (6-17 years; 19 UC, 39 CD, 2 indeterminate). Early-onset UC was marked by less abdominal pain at presentation, but an aggressive course with a significant reduction in...
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