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A Pattern-based Pathology Approach to Very Early-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Thinking Beyond Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
Advances in anatomic pathology - 1 Jan 2022
Wilkins Benjamin J, Kelsen Judith R, Conrad Maire A
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Very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD), IBD diagnosed in children younger than 6 years old, is phenotypically and genetically distinct from older onset IBD. Monogenic and digenic causative defects, particularly in primary immunodeficiency and intestinal epithelial barrier genes, have been identified in a subset of patients with VEO-IBD allowing for targeted therapies and improved outcomes. However,...
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