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Impact of Concomitant Endometriosis on Phenotype and Natural History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jan 2016
Lee Kristen K, Jharap Bindia, Maser Elena A, Colombel Jean-Frederic
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and endometriosis are immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disorders affecting young women. The clinical significance of concomitant endometriosis on the course of IBD has not been previously studied. The aim of this study was to determine whether women with concomitant endometriosis and IBD have a unique phenotype and worse prognosis of IBD. METHODS: This was a...
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