Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are idiopathic, chronic, relapsing, inflammatory
conditions that are immunologically mediated. Although their exact etiologies remain …

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease share certain similarities but are clearly distinct
diseases. Recent research challenges our conception of the pathophysiology of …

Although the causes, events initiating and triggering inflammation, and the precise
immunoregulatory defects of IBD are still not known, investigations have provided a better …

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are comprised of two major phenotypes, Crohn's
disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Research over the last couple of years has led to …

Crohn's disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract; however, current European
and national guidelines worldwide do not differentiate between small-intestinal and colonic …

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively known as the inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBD), are largely diseases of the twentieth century, and are associated with the …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), collectively referred to as inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD), present with differing histologic and cytokine profiles. While the precise …

Crohn's disease (CD) is characterized by patchy transmural inflammation involving any part
of the intestinal tract. Animal models have provided a great deal of insight into the …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), the primary constituents of inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD), are precipitated by a complex interaction of environmental, genetic …

Background A common genotypic basis for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD)
is implied by overlapping clinical characteristics, epidemiological studies, and association of …