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Our New President – John M. Carethers, MD, AGAF

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Deep learning-based classification of hepatocellular nodular lesions on whole-slide histopathologic images

Hepatocellular nodular lesions (HNLs) constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders. Differential diagnosis among these lesions, especially high-grade dysplastic nodule (HGDN) and well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (WD-HCC), can be challengin… Continue reading

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THE CROHN’S AND COLITIS DISTRESS SCALE: ASSESSING THE DOMAINS OF IMPACT IN YOUTH WITH IBD

Youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at significantly increased risk for depression and anxiety, with 25%-40% of youth with IBD reporting internalizing symptoms. These data are based on general measures of anxiety and depression without acco… Continue reading

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DUAL BIOLOGICAL OR SMALL MOLECULE TREATMENT IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES: DATA FROM CLINICAL PRACTICE

Despite significant impact biological treatment had on prospects of patients with IBD, there is still a substantial proportion of patients with either secondary loss of response or primary non-response to therapy. Strategies to avert treatment failure … Continue reading

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FEAR OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: RELATIONSHIP TO PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL OUTCOMES

The fear of contracting COVID-19 has taken a significant toll on the psychological and physical health of adolescents and young adults (AYA), especially those with chronic health conditions. AYA with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at increased ri… Continue reading

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REAL-WORLD UTILIZATION OF ADALIMUMAB BIOSIMILAR (ABP 501) IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN EUROPE

ABP 501 (AMGEVITA®) was the first approved biosimilar to adalimumab reference product (RP) by the European Medicines Agency and has been marketed in the European Union since 2018. Additional real-world data on its efficacy and safety, particularly for … Continue reading

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EQUIVALENT ADVERSE OUTCOMES FOR HOME AND HOSPITAL-BASED INFUSIONS OF INFLIXIMAB IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is commonly treated with infliximab in a hospital setting or clinic where infusions are safely and effectively administered. In recent years, utilization of home infusions (HI) has increased due to reduced cos… Continue reading

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INCREASED PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY IN HOSPITALIZED CROHN’S DISEASE PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES: INSIGHTS FROM NATIONAL INPATIENT DATABASE FROM 2009 TO 2018

Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) are at increased risk of developing anxiety and depression, and there is growing evidence that these patients would benefit from mental health screening. This study aimed to examine the temporal trends of anxiety and … Continue reading

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AN ONLINE SURVEY AMONG US PATIENTS WITH IMMUNE-MEDIATED CONDITIONS: BELIEFS ABOUT BIOSIMILARS FROM PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

This survey assessed biosimilar beliefs among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis (PsO) and/or psoriatic arthritis (PsA). We report here on patients with IBD. Continue reading

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VEDOLIZUMAB FOR REFRACTORY MICROSCOPIC COLITIS: A CASE SERIES

Microscopic colitis (MC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon that causes non-bloody, watery diarrhea occurs up to 15 times daily in the presence of normal-appearing mucosa in the colon. There are two main subtypes of MC based on histopatholo… Continue reading

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