Validation of a Self-efficacy Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Marisa Rodriguez Izaguirre1, Tiffany Taft, Laurie Keefer

  • 1*Pediatric Gastroenterology, Specially for Children, Subspecialists of Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX †Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL ‡Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Ichan School of Medicine, New York, NY.

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