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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 />

Congress Short Report <strong>Falk</strong> Symposium <strong>153</strong><br />

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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