Subgroups of patients with Crohn's disease have different clinical outcomes

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Perri, Francesco ^a   Annese, Vito ^a   Napolitano, Grazia ^a   Caruso, Nazario ^a   Clemente, Rocco ^a   Villani, Maria Rosaria ^a   Andriulli, Angelo ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Crohn's disease; Outcome; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002364822     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.3780020102     Document Type: Article

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