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Record Nr.

UNISA996339108103316

Autore

Orchard Timothy R

Titolo

Inflammatory Bowel Disease [[electronic resource] ] : an Atlas of Investigation and Management

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clinical Publishing, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14678-9

9786613146786

1-84692-506-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Atlas: IBD

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsHorace

TekkisParis

GoldinRob

Disciplina

616.344

Soggetti

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Atlas.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Part 1: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; Chapter 1: Introduction: aetiology and clinical presentation; Chapter 2: Investigations at diagnosis; Chapter 3: Pathology of inflammatory bowel disease; Chapter 4: Management of inflammatory bowel disease; Part 2: COMPLICATIONS ANDCOMORBIDITIES; Chapter 5: Acute, severe colitis; Chapter 6: Perianal and fistulizing Crohn's disease; Chapter 7: Microscopic colitis; Chapter 8;  Fertility and inflammatory bowel disease; Chapter 9: Extraintestinal manifestations

Chapter 10: Malignancy ininflammatory boweldiseasePart 3: OVERVIEW OF THERAPEUTICMODALITIES IN INFLAMMATORYBOWEL DISEASE; Chapter 11: Drugs for inflammatory bowel disease; Chapter 12: Surgery in inflammatory bowel disease; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition in which the lining of the digestive tract becomes inflamed and covered with ulcers. There are two types of IBD: ulcerative colitis, which causes



inflammation and ulcers in the lining of the rectum and colon; and Crohn's disease which causes inflammation deeper within the intestinal wall of the small intestine and can occur in other parts of the digestive system including the mouth, oesophagus, and stomach. Although both conditions are characterized by inflammation and ulceration, they are in fact different disease processes and their tre