Abstract
To see into the future, we should begin with a glance at the past. Just four years ago, at the First International IBD Symposium in Jerusalem, Dr. Kirsner, Mr. Alexander-Williams, and I stood on this very platform and offered some predictions, if not prescriptions, concerning “New Directions for Future Research.” How have our predictions fared in the light of today, and how should we revise them for tomorrow?
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Sachar, D.B. (1986). Future Directions for Clinical Research. In: Rachmilewitz, D. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 1986. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4269-1_30
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