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Can OCT be used to distinguish accurately between patients with ulcerative colitis and those with Crohn's disease?

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boxed-textShen B et al. (2004) In vivo colonoscopic optical coherence tomography for transmural inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2: 1080–1087

OCT is considered a promising, but not yet definitive, diagnostic technique to distinguish patients with UC from patients with CD in clinical practice

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