TY  - CHAP
AU  - Rahul A. Sheth
AU  - Michael S. Gee
ED  - Sami Karoui
Y1  - 2012-01-27
PY  - 2012
T1  - The Role of Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Evaluation
N2  - This book is dedicated to inflammatory bowel disease, and the authors discuss the advances in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, as well as several new parameters involved in the etiopathogeny of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, such as intestinal barrier dysfunction and the roles of TH 17 cells and IL 17 in the immune response in inflammatory bowel disease. The book also focuses on several relevant clinical points, such as pregnancy during inflammatory bowel disease and the health-related quality of life as an end point of the different treatments of the diseases. Finally, advances in management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease are discussed, especially in a complete review of the recent literature.
BT  - Inflammatory Bowel Disease
SP  - Ch. 7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/26542
DO  - 10.5772/26542
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -