Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2015;(5):304-307

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1008-7125.2015.05.011

Progress in Defining Treatment Endpoint of Crohn’s Disease

Liang ZHAO ; Xiaojian WANG ; Lina MENG

Keywords

Crohn Disease; Mucosal Healing; Therapy

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Crohn’s disease( CD)is a gastrointestinal progressive granulomatous disease with unknown etiology. It is characterized as active stage alternating with remission stage,long-term course with many complications,sometimes needing surgery and having the tendency of relapse in patient ’s whole life. Therefore,it is important to define an effective therapeutic endpoint to ameliorate the natural course of CD. This article reviewed the progress in defining treatment endpoint of CD.