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Diagnostic Delay in Crohn's Disease Is Associated With a Complicated Disease Course and Increased Operation Rate

Alain Schoepfer, Mohamed-Ali Dehlavi, Nicolas Fournier, Ekaterina Safroneeva, Alex Straumann, Valérie Pittet, Laurent Peyrin‐Biroulet, Pierre Michetti, Gerhard Rogler, Stephan R. Vavricka

The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2013 · 218 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

The length of diagnostic delay is correlated with an increased risk of bowel stenosis and CD-related intestinal surgery. Efforts should be undertaken to shorten the diagnostic delay.

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Long-Term Evolution of Disease Behavior of Crohn's Disease

Jacques Cosnes, Stéphane Cattan, Antoine Blain et al. · Inflammatory Bowel Diseases · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Behaviour of Crohn's disease according to the Vienna classification: changing pattern over the course of the disease

Édouard Louis · Gut · 2001 · 997 citations · Full text

Clinical Course in Crohn’s Disease: Results of a Norwegian Population-Based Ten-Year Follow-Up Study

Inger Camilla Solberg, Morten H. Vatn, Ole Høie et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2007 · 698 citations

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Impact of the increasing use of immunosuppressants in Crohn’s disease on the need for intestinal surgery

Jacques Cosnes · Gut · 2005 · 658 citations · Full text