Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have increased risk of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
CONCLUSION: Immune mediated diseases were significantly more frequent in patients with IBD. Our results strengthen the hypothesis that some IMDs and IBD may have overlapping pathogenic pathways.
PMID: 28970729 [PubMed - in process]
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Halling ML, Kjeldsen J, Knudsen T, Nielsen J, Hansen LK Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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