Reversibility of Stricturing Crohn's Disease-Fact or Fiction?
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SUBMITTER: Bettenworth D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4679647 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
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Reversibility of Stricturing Crohn's Disease-Fact or Fiction?
Bettenworth Dominik D Rieder Florian F
Inflammatory bowel diseases 20160101 1
Intestinal fibrosis is a common feature of Crohn's disease and may appear as a stricture, stenosis, or intestinal obstruction. Fibrostenosing Crohn's disease leads to a significantly impaired quality of life in affected patients and constitutes a challenging treatment situation. In the absence of specific medical antifibrotic treatment options, endoscopic or surgical therapy approaches with their potential harmful side effects are frequently used. However, our understanding of mechanisms of fibr ...[more]
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