Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseJoseph B. Kirsner, Roy Gerrard Shorter This text is intended to help provide the practical perspectiv= e practitioners need to manage patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. This fourth edition contains 11 new chapters and is illustrated with photographs and detailed line drawings. |
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... Clinical Distinctions Between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease ". BRET A. LASHNER CLINICAL FEATURES ON PRESENTATION Crohn's disease is characterized by nonspecific acute and chronic inflammation of the bowel and can involve many ...
... Clinical Distinctions Between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease ". BRET A. LASHNER CLINICAL FEATURES ON PRESENTATION Crohn's disease is characterized by nonspecific acute and chronic inflammation of the bowel and can involve many ...
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... clinical manifestations of these diseases vary , but they have many features in common . This chapter reviews those aspects that characterize inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents ( Table 17.1 ) . CROHN'S DISEASE ...
... clinical manifestations of these diseases vary , but they have many features in common . This chapter reviews those aspects that characterize inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents ( Table 17.1 ) . CROHN'S DISEASE ...
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... clinical trials ( 11 ) . There are no laboratory features that corre- late accurately with the clinical status ( 7 , 12 , 13 ) . Truelove and Witts included both the he- moglobin and erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( 8 ) , while the Lyon ...
... clinical trials ( 11 ) . There are no laboratory features that corre- late accurately with the clinical status ( 7 , 12 , 13 ) . Truelove and Witts included both the he- moglobin and erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( 8 ) , while the Lyon ...
Contents
Historical Antecedents of Inflammatory | 3 |
The Epidemiology of Idiopathic Inflammatory | 31 |
Naturally Occurring and Experimental Models | 71 |
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