Monitoring inflammatory bowel disease activity: Clinical activity is judged to be more relevant than endoscopic severity or biomarkers

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Alain Schoepfer · University Hospital of Lausanne

Nadine Zahnd‐Straumann · Abbott (Switzerland)

Alex Straumann · University Hospital of Basel

Christoph Beglinger · University Hospital of Basel

Abstract

Clinical activity is judged to be more relevant for monitoring IBD activity and guiding therapeutic decisions than endoscopic severity and biomarkers. As such, the accumulating scientific evidence on the clinical impact of mucosal healing does not yet seem to influence the management of IBD in daily gastroenterologic practice.

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Microscopic Colitis

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Published in: Journal of Crohn s and Colitis

Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. 412-418

DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.09.008

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