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Etiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologica - 1 Jun 2005
Schmidt C, Stallmach A
Abstract excerpt
Despite of scientific efforts during the last decades, etiology and pathogenesis of the two major inflammatory bowel diseases, namely Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, remain rather unclear. According to the results of multiple studies it is accepted that the development of either disease is the result of an exaggerated or insufficiently suppressed immune response to a hitherto undefined luminal antigen,...
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