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Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children

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Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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The correct phenotyping and classification of children with inflammatory bowel disease remains problematic, especially for the child with IBD limited to the colon. In a child presenting with bloody diarrhea and endoscopic evidence of colitis, even an experienced clinician may have trouble distinguishing acute self-limited colitis (ASLC) from inflammatory bowel disease, or ulcerative colitis from Crohn disease. This chapter will review, in sequence, the diagnostic evaluation of IBD; the differentiation of ASLC from Crohn disease; the differentiation of ulcerative colitis from IBD; the classification of ulcerative colitis into subtypes; and the classification and phenotyping of Crohn disease.

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    Athos Bousvaros MD, MPH

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    Petar Mamula

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Bousvaros, A. (2013). Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children. In: Mamula, P., Markowitz, J., Baldassano, R. (eds) Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5061-0_15

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