Invited Commentary

Commentary on "pANCA Positivity Predicts Lower Clinical Response to Infliximab Therapy among Patients with IBD"

Authors: Edmund Leung

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a debilitating condition that presents as a spectrum of both gastrointestinal and extraintestinal disorders. The etiology remains unknown, although it is theorized to be immunologically mediated. Despite careful history and physical examination and advances in imaging and endoscopic techniques, differentiating between Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) can still be challenging. Many histological diagnoses of indeterminate colitis are eventually reassigned to either CD or UC.1

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