Quantitative assessment of intestinal stiffness and associations with fibrosis in human inflammatory bowel disease.

Quantitative assessment of intestinal stiffness and associations with fibrosis in human inflammatory bowel disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) continues to increase in prevalence in industrialized countries. Major complications of IBD include formation of fibrotic strictures, fistulas, reduced absorptive function, cancer risk, and the need for surgery. In other chronic gastrointestinal disease models, stiff...

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Main Authors: Daniel C Stewart, Dalton Berrie, Jian Li, Xinyue Liu, Cooper Rickerson, David Mkoji, Atif Iqbal, Sanda Tan, Andria L Doty, Sarah C Glover, Chelsey S Simmons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6040714?pdf=render

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