TY - CHAP AU - Amandine Gagneux-Brunon AU - Bernard Faulques AU - Xavier Roblin ED - Sami Karoui Y1 - 2012-01-13 PY - 2012 T1 - Be or Not to Be a Crohn’s Disease: CD and Its Numerous Differential Diagnosis N2 - In this book, several important points regarding Crohn's disease are discussed. In the first section, we focus on etiopathogeny of Crohn's disease and the recent advances in our overall understanding of the disease - specifically, the role of the gut epithelium, alterations of the epithelial crypts, and the roles of the different cytokines in the pathophysiology of Crohn's disease. In the second section, a diagnosis of Crohn's disease is discussed. Another particular area of focus is in the diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis, and the role of mycobacterium avium in Crohn's disease. In the third and final section, the management of Crohn's disease is discussed, with a focus on recent evidence-based medicine recommendations. BT - Crohn's Disease SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/27089 DO - 10.5772/27089 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -