This new edition is a unique combined resource for physicians and scientists addressing the needs of both groups. In addition to stimulating exchange and collaboration and shortening the path between discovery and application of new knowledge, the book helps clinicians understand new therapeutic concepts from their origins. The volume serves as a comprehensive guide to the current diagnostic modalities, including enhanced imaging techniques such as MRI and CT enterography, virtual colonoscopy, ultrasound, and endomicroscopy, as well as conventional and complex immunomodulatory principles. The latest edition also includes revised chapters from the previous edition, as well as new chapters reflecting current developments in the field. Written by experts in their field, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: From Epidemiology and Immunobiology to a Rational Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach, Second Edition is of great value to gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, pediatricians and gynecologists trainees, as well as all those involved in Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and related autoimmune disorders.
The guide includes patients' perspectives about coping with IBD, resources, and a glossary.
For patients and caregivers an overview of the nature and treatments of inflammatory bowel disease
Discusses some of the manifestations of various inflammatory bowel diseases, what causes these problems, how they are treated, and methods of coping with these conditions.
His straightforward, easy to understand style has made him a popular public lecturer on the subject of IBD. Dr. Saibil lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Also features links to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), the GI research group, the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and a multimedia medical reference library.
Fred Saibil, a renowned expert on IBD, provides concise, critical and practical information on the common symptoms and side effects of Crohn's Disease.
" These negative regulatory mechanisms of the intestinal immune system are disturbed in certain disease conditions, causing the immunocompetent cells to respond to food components and commensal bacteria by becoming activated and to ...
This book is helping me control my disease and stay in training." —Rene Felton, Track and Field National Record Holder "A much needed and valuable resource for IBD patients, their families, and physicians towards understanding IBD." ...
Offers the causes, symptoms, and treatment for this disease