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Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis are considered
idiopathic diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract. These two diseases are often …

Modern studies of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis have been pursued for
about four decades, a period of time where the pace of progress has been steadily …

Several cause exist for inflammation of the gut such as infection, toxin, autoimmune reaction,
radiation and ischemia. When none of these causes are identified, a group of diseases with …

Chronic relapsing and remitting inflammation of the intestinal tract is the hallmark trait of
ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), collectively termed inflammatory bowel …

Extraintestinal manifestations occur in 21% to 36% of patients with inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD)[37, 50, 90,105,128]. A wide variety of disorders involving virtually every organ …

Extraintestinal manifestations occur rather frequently in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),
eg ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The present paper provides an …

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases that often
involve organs other than those of the gastrointestinal tract. Immune-related extraintestinal …

Epidemiologic studies of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may serve several purposes. By
describing the dis-tribution of these conditions, we may derive clues to etiology that can be …