Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprises a group of idiopathic
diseases of the intestine characterized by chronic inflammation of
the bowel with periods of exacerbation and remission. Although the
exact cause of IBD remains undetermined, the condition appears to
be related to a combination of genetic and environmental factors
resulting in an aberrant activation of the mucosal immune system.
This book contains a series of interdisciplinary discussions
between clinical and ...
Table des matières
Chair’s Introduction (Jewell).
Progress toward identifying inflammatory bowel disease
susceptibility genes (Rioux).
Phenotype-determining genes in inflammatory...
A propos de l’auteur
Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode are editors for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crossroads of Microbes, Epithelium and Immune Systems and other scientific titles.