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Crohn's Colitis: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Author(s) -
Hoffmann D. C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb04049.x
Subject(s) - medicine , confusion , colitis , crohn disease , disease , dilemma , gastroenterology , crohn's disease , intensive care medicine , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , psychoanalysis
Considerable confusion surrounds the condition of Crohn's disease of the colon, and delay in diagnosis is frequent. In this paper the classification of colitis is considered, and the reasons for this delay and the frequency of misdiagnosis are discussed .