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NICE Quick Reference Guide: Managing Crohn's Disease in Adults, Children and Young People

The quick reference guide to NICE clinical guideline 152 on Crohn's disease: the treatment principle of inducing and maintaining remission with the least steroid exposure, TPMT testing before thiopurines and the monitoring of immunosuppressives that follows, enteral nutrition as an alternative to corticosteroids in children, and the management of a flare with the symptoms that should prompt review. It also covers biologic therapy after surgery, maintenance of remission, monitoring for osteopenia and fracture risk, the research recommendations and the guideline development group.

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