Article
Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease.
Seminars in pediatric surgery - 1 Dec 2017
Moran Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) represents a unique and growing subset of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Some VEO-IBD patients present with immunodeficiency and possess loss of function genetic mutations involving immune pathways that cause their IBD. A search for Mendelian causes of IBD is likely most beneficial when the presentation involves extra-intestinal autoimmunity...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Europe
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Infant
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- North America
- Risk Factors
