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Publication Name World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID 44687
Country/Territory United States
Category Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type Retrospective Study
Article Title Natural history of children with mild Crohn’s disease
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Yamini Sharma, Athos Bousvaros, Enju Liu and Julia Bender Stern
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author Athos Bousvaros, MD, Full Professor, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Harvard Medical School, Bousvaros, A (reprint author), Childrens Hosp Boston, Ctr Inflammatory Bowel Dis, Div Gastroenterol Hepatol & Nutr, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, United States., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States. athos.bousvaros@childrens.harvard.edu
Key Words Crohn’s disease; Colitis; Aminosalicylates; Antibiotics; Immunosuppression; Inflammatory bowel disease
Core Tip We demonstrate that a higher percentage of patients with mild Crohn’s have colonic disease compared to matched controls with moderate to severe disease. We show that patients with mild disease can be maintained for several years on milder treatments and the majority can avoid escalation to immunosuppressive therapies.
Citation Sharma Y, Bousvaros A, Liu E, Bender Stern J. Natural history of children with mild Crohn’s disease. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(30): 4235-4245
Received
2019-01-22 01:54
Peer-Review Started
2019-01-22 08:41
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2019-02-14 02:07
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2019-02-14 05:15
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2019-07-03 21:04
Second Decision
2019-07-05 10:21
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Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief
2019-07-05 23:53
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ISSN 1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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