Clinical Features and Long-term Prognosis of Crohn's Disease in Korea: Results from the Prospective CONNECT Study.

Seung Wook Hong Byong Duk Ye Jae Hee Cheon Ji Hyun Lee Ja Seol Koo Byeong Ik Jang Kang Moon Lee You Sun Kim Tae Oh Kim Jong-Pil Im Geun Am Song Sung Ae Jung Hyun Soo Kim Dong-Il Park Hyun Soo Kim Kyu Chan Huh Young-Ho Kim Jae Myung Cha Geom Seog Seo Chang Hwan Choi Hyun Joo Song Gwang Ho Baik Ji Won Kim Sung Jae Shin Young Sook Park Chang Kyun Lee Jun Lee Sung-Hee Jung Yunho Jung Sung Chul Park Young Eun Joo Yoon Tae Jeen Dong Soo Han Suk-Kyun Yang Hyo Jong Kim Byung Chang Kim Joo Sung Kim

Published in: Gut and liver (2022)

The prognosis of CD in Korea appears to have improved over time, as evidenced by the decreasing intestinal resection rate. Early use of thiopurines was associated with an improved prognosis represented by a reduced risk of intestinal resection.

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