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State of the art: IBD therapy and clinical trials in IBD.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Nov 2005
Isaacs Kim L, Lewis James D, Sandborn William J, Sands Bruce E, Targan Stephan R
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) encompass Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which are diseases characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation. IBD is believed to result from predisposing genetic and environmental factors (specific antigens and pathogen-associated molecular patterns) acting on the immunoregulatory system and causing inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa. IBD may be the result of an...
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