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A rolling phenotype in Crohn's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Irwin James, Ferguson Emma, Simms Lisa A, Hanigan Katherine, Carbonnel Franck, Radford-Smith Graham
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: The Montreal classification of disease behaviour in Crohn's disease describes progression of disease towards a stricturing and penetrating phenotype. In the present paper, we propose an alternative representation of the long-term course of Crohn's disease complications, the rolling phenotype. As is commonly observed in clinical practice, this definition allows progression to a more severe...
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