Definition
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to both idiopathic ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, important chronic medical disorders of unknown etiology. For convenience, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease will be discussed together as IBD in order to emphasize their similarities and to point out their differences. In general IBD is more common in whites than in nonwhites, is equal in men and women, and is most common in Ashkenazic Jews. The incidence of UC is somewhat greater than that of Crohn’s disease, but the latter seems to be increasing in incidence. Symptoms characteristically begin in early adult life (15 to 30 years) but may begin at any age. A comparison of the pathological and clinical features of UC and Crohn’s disease is given in.
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
- AORTIC DISEASE - AORTIC ANEURYSMS
- Sickle Cell Anemia (SS)
- CLASSIFICATION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Tocainide
- Community Acquired Pneumonia
- RISK FACTORS FOR CARCINOMA OF THE COLON - Diagnosis
- Upper GI Bleeding
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION OF JAUNDICE
- Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host
- MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY
- Visceral Angiography
- PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION
- Phosphate Balance
- MEDIASTINITIS
- Diet
- New Eligibility System
- Uremic Osteodystrophy
- Acid-Base Abnormalities
- ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS
- POLYPS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT - Clinical Manifestations
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- LIMITATION OF MFARCT SIZE
- THE APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE
- GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
- ANEMIA Definition
- Blood Chemistries
- DIFFUSE INFILTRATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUNG
- Miscellaneous
- TREATMENT OF MALABSORPTION
- Pyuria