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Anatomical Variation in Mesenteric Macrophage Phenotypes in Crohn's Disease

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2020

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Jonathan H. M. van der Meer, K Wasmann, Jarmila D.W. van der Bilt, Marte Becker, Marja A. Boermeester, Willem A. Bemelman, Manon E. Wildenberg, Christianne J. Buskens
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Abstract

Although the mesentery is a continuous structure, the mesorectum and the ileocecal mesentery show different immunological characteristics. Therefore, currently, there is no basis to perform an extended ileocecal resection in patients with Crohn's disease.

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