The Influence of Second-Hand Cigarette Smoke Exposure during Childhood and Active Cigarette Smoking on Crohn’s Disease Phenotype Defined by the Montreal Classification Scheme in a Western Cape Population, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Smoking may worsen the disease outcomes in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), however the effect of exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke during childhood is unclear. In South Africa, no such literature exists. The aim of this study was to investigate whether disease phenotype, at tim...

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Autores principales: Chivese, Tawanda, Esterhuizen, Tonya M., Basson, Abigail Raffner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26422615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139597

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26422615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139597

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