152 153 Intestinal Disease Meeting Berlin 2006 - Dr. Falk Pharma ...
152 153 Intestinal Disease Meeting Berlin 2006 - Dr. Falk Pharma ...
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Session 2<br />
Optimization in Therapy<br />
Through Improved <strong>Disease</strong><br />
Classification?<br />
Chair:<br />
M. Gasull, Badalona<br />
H. Goebell, Essen<br />
Classification of the clinical<br />
phenotype – pros and cons<br />
Just as there are controversies regarding the<br />
exact pathogenesis of IBD, there is also disagreement<br />
on the best classification of these two disease<br />
entities. W. Reinisch (Vienna) argued for a<br />
classification by clinical phenotype: “The clinical<br />
phenotype is the fastest and most objective<br />
means of assessing the disease.” However, the<br />
claim of different classification schemas to describe<br />
the disease according to objective and<br />
reproducible criteria is, W. Reinisch said, hardly<br />
more than a “wish list” that “is out of touch<br />
with reality”. Similarly, there is no standard<br />
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W. Reinisch<br />
method for the diagnosis of IBD. “We are actually<br />
confronted more with a diagnostic puzzle,”<br />
W. Reinisch said. Important components include<br />
the clinical evaluation in combination with the<br />
endoscopic, histological and radiological findings,<br />
as well as the results of laboratory studies.<br />
W. Reinisch also criticized the so-called Vienna<br />
Classification, which, among other factors, also<br />
takes into account the localization and clinical<br />
course of the disease. Both can be variable and<br />
are not, in his opinion, suitable for describing<br />
the disease.<br />
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