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Inflammatory bowel disease: pathogenesis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2014
Zhang Yi-Zhen, Li Yong-Yu
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is characterized by chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation. It has been a worldwide health-care problem with a continually increasing incidence. It is thought that IBD results from an aberrant and continuing immune response to the microbes in the gut, catalyzed by the genetic susceptibility of the individual. Although the...
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