Are the permanent sequelae of Crohn's disease a failure to treat the gastrointestinal microbiota?

Med Hypotheses

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Published: January 2019

Using parallel knowledge derived from gynecological infections, the thesis is advanced that late sequelae in Crohn's disease are the consequence of the failure to treat or the undertreating of the co-functioning infection by the gastrointestinal microbiota.

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