Role of Smoking as a Risk Factor in East Asian Patients with Crohn's Disease

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Editorial

Sung Chul Park et al. Gut Liver. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 15;11(1):7-8.

doi: 10.5009/gnl16534.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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Underestimation of Smoking Rates in an East Asian Population with Crohn's Disease.
Hwang SW, Seo H, Kim GU, Song EM, Seo M, Park SH, Kwon E, Lee HS, Yang DH, Kim KJ, Ye BD, Byeon JS, Myung SJ, Kim JH, Yang SK. Hwang SW, et al. Gut Liver. 2017 Jan 15;11(1):73-78. doi: 10.5009/gnl16194. Gut Liver. 2017. PMID: 27728967 Free PMC article.

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