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ey0015.9-13 | Biologic agents in chronic inflammatory diseases: lights and shadows | ESPEYB15

9.13 Biologic agents are associated with excessive weight gain in children with inflammatory bowel disease

L Haas , R Chevalier , BT Major , F Enders , S Kumar , J Tung

To read the full abstract: Dig Dis Sci. 2017;62:3110-3116This retrospective single-centre study is the first to report the impact of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy on weight gain in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The results are consistent with data in adults, in whom weight gain during anti-TNF treatment was negatively correlated to pre-treatment BMI (1). A si...