The risk of disabling, surgery and reoperation in Crohn's disease - A decision tree-based approach to prognosis.

INTRODUCTION:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease known to carry a high risk of disabling and many times requiring surgical interventions. This article describes a decision-tree based approach that defines the CD patients' risk or undergoing disabling events, surgic...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Camila Dias, Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, Samuel Fernandes, Francisco Portela, Paula Ministro, Diana Martins, Paula Sousa, Paula Lago, Isadora Rosa, Luis Correia, Paula Moura Santos, Fernando Magro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5321294?pdf=render