Bone Fractures in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Inflammatory bowel disease is an illness that involves inflammation (swelling and irritation) of the lining of the digestive tract. There are two types of inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn …
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