Crohn’s Disease in a Patient with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis after Starting Etanercept Therapy – Causal Link or Only Temporal Coincidence?

Key words

juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) - inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - Crohn’s disease (CD) - biologicals - TNFα

Schlüsselwörter

juvenile idiopathische ­Arthritis (JIA) - chronisch entzündliche Darmerkrankung (CED) - Morbus Crohn - Biologicals - TNFα

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