Clinical Remission and Endoscopic Response in Crohn's Disease

A Supplement to Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News Clinical Remission and Endoscopic Response in Crohn?s Disease Faculty Remo Panaccione, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group University of Calgary Alberta, Canada In the United States, approximately 780,000 people are affected by Crohn?s disease (CD), a chronic, pro.gressive inflammatory bowel disease.1,2 While the eti.ology of CD is unknown, it is influenced by genetic, immunologic, and environmental factors,