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Comorbidity in inflammatory bowel diseaseKeywords: Comorbidity , Comorbid conditions , Crohn’s disease , Inflammatory bowel disease , Ulcerative colitis Abstract: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be affected by other unrelated diseases. These are called comorbid conditions, and can include any secondary health problem that affects a person suffering from a primary or main disease, and which is neither linked physiopathologically to the primary condition, nor is it due to the treatments used for the primary condition or to its long-term anatomical or physiological consequences. Different comorbid conditions, as well as their influence on IBD, are discussed.
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