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Clinical characteristics and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: a comparison of Eastern and Western perspectives.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Sept 2014
Park Soo Jung, Kim Won Ho, Cheon Jae Hee
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing intestinal inflammatory disorder with unidentified causes. Both environmental factors and genetic aspects are believed to be crucial to the pathogenesis of IBD. The incidence and prevalence of IBD have recently been increasing throughout Asia, presumably secondary to environmental changes. This increasing trend in IBD epidemiology necessitates specific...
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