Refractory pouchitis: does it reflect underlying Crohn's disease?
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Refractory pouchitis: does it reflect underlying Crohn's disease?
Typical 'pouchitis' is a well recognised complication of ileal pouches in ulcerative colitis. Infrequently, a refractory pouchitis (RP) presents with certain clinical, endoscopic, and pathological features resembling Crohn's disease and is often ascribed to misdiagnosis of the initial colitis. To test that hypothesis and to identify risk factors for RP, this study reviewed cases of presumed ulc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.34.11.1539