Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseJoseph B. Kirsner World-renowned experts present state-of-the-art information in the clinical understanding of inflammatory bowel disease in the 5th Edition of this best-selling text. Scholarly and pragmatic, this text features authoritative information on the medical and surgical management of IBD with the support of over 390 illustrations. Features many new chapters, including those covering intestinal permeability in health and disease, the intestinal response to acute inflammation and injuries, and current concepts of IBD etiology and pathogenesis. |
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Page 208
... immune system certainly plays a crucial role in these diseases . Stated simply , the immunologic hypothesis proposes that IBD represents an abnormal immune response to a " normal " stimulus in a genet- ically susceptible host . This ...
... immune system certainly plays a crucial role in these diseases . Stated simply , the immunologic hypothesis proposes that IBD represents an abnormal immune response to a " normal " stimulus in a genet- ically susceptible host . This ...
Page 282
... immune system . The mucosal immune sys- tem is called upon to carefully select those organisms potentially pathogenic and those not harmful . All foods contain foreign proteins and carbohydrates , which would be excellent antigens if ...
... immune system . The mucosal immune sys- tem is called upon to carefully select those organisms potentially pathogenic and those not harmful . All foods contain foreign proteins and carbohydrates , which would be excellent antigens if ...
Page 345
... Immune , Central Nervous , and Neuroendocrine Systems System Immune Anatomic Structures Lymphocytes Macrophages Thymus / spleen Bone marrow Mechanisms Mediating Stress , Neuroendocrine - Immune Function , and Inflammatory Bowel Disease ...
... Immune , Central Nervous , and Neuroendocrine Systems System Immune Anatomic Structures Lymphocytes Macrophages Thymus / spleen Bone marrow Mechanisms Mediating Stress , Neuroendocrine - Immune Function , and Inflammatory Bowel Disease ...
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