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[The role of translational research in inflammatory bowel disease].
Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Abreu María T, Sparrow Miles P
Abstract excerpt
The idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases, broadly classified as either Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, are caused by a dysregulated mucosal immune response to a luminal antigen, possibly a bacterium, in a genetically predisposed host. A rapid expansion of knowledge in recent years has greatly increased our understanding of the pathophysiology of these disorders. For example, the relatively recent...
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