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Innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease: a disease hypothesis.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2008
Marks D J B, Segal A W
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease arises from a defective interaction between the highly concentrated mass of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract and the underlying tissues. It has generally been believed to result from an excessively exuberant inflammatory response or from 'autoimmunity'. Recent evidence has emerged that the problem is instead a failure of the way in which the body responds to the penetration of bacteria and...
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