Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

The most recent articles from: Dig Liver Dis August 2015

Dig Liver Dis · Aug 2015

The impact of symptoms, irritable bowel syndrome pattern and diagnostic investigations on the diagnostic delay of Crohn's disease: A prospective study.

We investigated symptoms and tests performed prior to a formal diagnosis of Crohn's disease and the reasons for diagnostic delay. ⋯ Diagnostic delay for Crohn's disease is significantly associated with incomplete ileocolonoscopies, but not with symptoms, except bloating at presentation.

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