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Millie Long, MD, on Defining Disease Severity in Ulcerative Colitis

12/16/2024

Dr Millie Long discusses the difference between the "snapshot" of disease activity and the "movie" of disease severity, and the importance of carefully assessing severity when choosing therapies and developing monitoring strategies for patients with ulcerative colitis.

 

Millie Long, MD, is a professor of medicine, vice chief of education, and director of the fellowship program in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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