Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a relapsing and remitting condition characterized by chronic inflammation at various sites in the GI tract, which results in diarrhea and abdominal pain. This review summarizes the types, epidemiology, aetiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, clinical signs and symptoms, complications, diagnosis and recent advances in clinical management of inflammatory bowel disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 898-901 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Crohn's Disease
- Immunomodulating drugs
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ulcerative colitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology