[Susceptibility genes and serum markers of intestinal fibrosis in Crohn disease].

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Crohn disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease which progressively affects the digestive tract with unknown etiology. During the disease course, intestinal fibrosis will gradually develop in many CD patients and results in irreversible fibrosis stricture, causing refractory abdominal pain and even intestinal obstruction, and necessitating one or more surgical interventions. Thus far the exact etiology of CD...

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