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Open AccessExclusive enteral nutrition with concomitant early thiopurine use was effective in maintaining steroid-free remission in a Southeast Asian cohort of children with Crohn’s disease
Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is as effective as corticosteroids in inducing remission in children with Crohn’s disease (CD). However, over 50% of these children relapse by 12 months of diagnosis. Thiopuri...
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Open AccessLactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited
Lactose is the main carbohydrate in human and mammalian milk. Lactose requires enzymatic hydrolysis by lactase into D-glucose and D-galactose before it can be absorbed. Term infants express sufficient lactase ...
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Histopathological features of gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
The association between inflammatory bowel disease and joint involvement is well established. There is a paucity of data describing histopathological features of the gut in relation to juvenile idiopathic arth...
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Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (THE-S): two cases and review of the literature
Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (THE-S) is characterized by severe infantile diarrhea, failure to thrive, dysmorphism, woolly hair, and immune or hepatic dysfunction. We report two cases of East Asian descent w...
