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We read the very interesting article by Fraquelli et al¹ that appeared in the October 8, 2001, issue of the ARCHIVES in which the authors reported a significantly higher frequency of gallstone disease in patients with Crohn disease (CD) than that reported in the general population. Moreover, age, site of disease at diagnosis, and the history, number, and site of bowel resections were independently associated with gallstone disease.

In this regard, we examined, in a GISC (Gruppo Italiano di Studio del Colon-Retto) collaborative study,² 484 consecutive patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with no previous known liver disease or viral-related hepatic damage and healthy controls pair matched for sex and age (±5 years). Our series included 317 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) (189 males and 128 females; mean ± SD age, 41 ± 15 years; range, 11-78 years) and 167 with CD (88 males and 79 females; mean ± SD . . . [Full Text of this Article]