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Extraintestinal Findings in Crohn’s Disease Patients

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Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with a relapsing and remitting course that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, often with multiple discontinuous involvements [1–3].

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Rollandi, G.A., Piccazzo, R., Paparo, F. (2016). Extraintestinal Findings in Crohn’s Disease Patients. In: Lo Re, G., Midiri, M. (eds) Crohn’s Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23066-5_14

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