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. 1988 Feb;103(1):9–10.

Crohn's Disease—A Misnomer?

Michael Harmer 1
PMCID: PMC5113592  PMID: 3066448

Abstract

It is proposed that Regional Enteritis, commonly called Crohn's Disease should properly be named Crohn—Dalziel disease.

In October 1932 a 'Landmark Article' was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled "Regional IIeitis, a pathologic and clinical entity." (1) It appeared below the names of Burrill B. Crohn, Leon Ginzburg and Gordon D. Oppenheimer. The first paragraphs of this article set the stage.

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