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'''Crohn's disease''' is a chronic inflammatory disease, primarily affecting the small, and large intestines, but has a tendancy to spread to other parts of the digestive system as well. It is named after Burrill Crohn, the American gastroenterologist who first described the disease in 1932. | '''Crohn's disease''' is a chronic inflammatory disease, primarily affecting the small, and large intestines, but has a tendancy to spread to other parts of the digestive system as well. It is named after Burrill Crohn, the American gastroenterologist who first described the disease in 1932. | ||
== Related References == | |||
* [http://www.mssm.edu/msjournal/67/page012-13_Crohn.pdf Burrill Crohn biography] Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine |