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Candidate Serum Markers in Early Crohn's Disease: Predictors of Disease Course.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 1 Sept 2017
Smids Carolijn, Horjus Talabur Horje Carmen S, Nierkens Stefan, Drylewicz Julia, Groenen Marcel J M, Wahab Peter J, van Lochem Ellen G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: More than half of patients with Crohn's disease [CD] develop disease complications requiring aggressive medical therapy or surgery over time. However, predicting disease course and treatment response remains difficult. We therefore identified distinctive serum analytes associated with disease activity and course in newly diagnosed, untreated patients at presentation and during their...
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