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The value of serum antibodies in differentiating inflammatory bowel disease, predicting disease activity and disease course in the newly diagnosed patient.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2017
Smids Carolijn, Horjus Talabur Horje Carmen S, Groenen Marcel J M, van Koolwijk Elly H M, Wahab Peter J, van Lochem Ellen G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Data on serum antibodies in untreated adult inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients at diagnosis are scarcely available, and results on the stability of antibody presence over time are inconsistent. Our aim was to investigate antibodies in newly diagnosed, untreated IBD patients in relation to disease phenotype and course. Furthermore, we analyzed antibody presence over time. METHODS: Baseline...
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