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Editorial
. 2017 Jun;45(12):1551-1552.
doi: 10.1111/apt.14069.

Editorial: visceral fat as a predictor of post-operative recurrence of Crohn's disease

R W Stidham  1 , A K Waljee  1   2
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Editorial

Editorial: visceral fat as a predictor of post-operative recurrence of Crohn's disease

R W Stidham et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Jun.
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Declaration of personal interests: Dr. Stidham has served as a consultant and advisory board member for Abbvie. Dr. Waljee has no outside interested to report.

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