AGA Clinical Practice Update on Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Commentary.

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association Institute Clinical Practice Update is to review the available evidence for diagnosing and treating, as well as examine opportunities for future research in, sclerosing mesenteritis.

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This Clinical Practice Update expert commentary was commissioned and approved by the AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee and the AGA Governing Board to provide timely guidance on a topic of high clinical importance to the AGA membership, and underwent internal peer review by the Clinical Practice Updates Committee and external peer review through standard procedures of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. This expert commentary incorporates important and recently published studies in this field, and it reflects the experiences of the authors who are gastroenterologists with expertise in this topic.