Mild Clinical Behaviour of Crohn Disease in Elderly Patients in a Latin American Country: A Case-Control Study

Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho; Andrea Sarmiento-Aguilar

doi:10.1155/2015/473726

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)

Mild Clinical Behaviour of Crohn Disease in Elderly Patients in a Latin American Country: A Case-Control Study

Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho,
Andrea Sarmiento-Aguilar

Affiliations

Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Andrea Sarmiento-Aguilar: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/473726
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 8
pp. 435 – 439

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Crohn disease is characterized by fluctuating clinical behaviour, which is influenced by various factors. There are no data from Latin America that evaluate the clinical behaviour of Crohn disease in elderly patients.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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