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Future therapies for inflammatory bowel disease.
Current gastroenterology reports - 1 Dec 2003
Bickston Stephen J, Comerford Lawrence W, Cominelli Fabio
Abstract excerpt
Three domains are accepted components of the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): genetic predisposition, environmental stimuli, and abnormal immune response. The latter two are reasonable targets for medical therapies in the near future, whereas all three merit consideration for the more distant future as techniques of genetic manipulation evolve. In this review we summarize some of the fundamental...
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