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Paediatric ulcerative colitis—can we predict proctocolectomy?

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Given the early onset of ulcerative colitis in children, it is desirable to identify young patients with this disease who are at risk of adverse outcomes. Identification of these patients would enable the introduction of disease-modifying therapies early in the disease course and thus prevent the need for surgical therapy.

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  1. Pediatric Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, Sapienza University of Rome Viale Regina Elena, Rome, 324-00161, Italy

    Salvatore Cucchiara

  2. Section of Toxicology and Biomedical Sciences, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Via Anguillarese, Rome, 301-00123, Italy

    Laura Stronati

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Cucchiara, S., Stronati, L. Paediatric ulcerative colitis—can we predict proctocolectomy?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 494–495 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.153

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