because all patients with crohn 's disease activity index lower than 150 and with some altered lab tests ( erythrocyte sedimentation rate , c-reactive protein , alpha-1-acid glycoprotein , alpha-1-acid antitrypsin , and white blood cell count ) had a clinical relapse in 18 months of follow-up , we tried to ascertain whether methylprednisolone could reduce the risk of clinical relapse in such patients .
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