The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Yearbook 2004 (State of the Art) (State of the Art)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Remedica Publishing
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781901346817
Subjects: Gastroenterology; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Diseases; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Periodicals
First sentence: The current model of the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) attempts to understand the obvious chronic inflammatory process in the context of observations regarding genetic predisposition, a recently identified genetic mutation, and observational and case-control studies that suggest a possible influence of environmental factors.