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Attribution. Shankar Kumar; Andrew Plumb; Sue Mallett; Caroline Clarke; Tom Parry; Jing Yi Jessica Weng et al. (2026). Magnetic resonance enterography to predict disabling disease in newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease: the METRIC-EF multivariable prediction model, multicentre diagnostic inception cohort study. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2026 Kumar et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK621032. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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