A comprehensive reference text that not only details the local and systemic pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation and strategies for management, but also presents research advances and current concepts of etiopathogenesis in the context of what is already known of the clinicopathologic features of these disorders. Following two introductory chapters, the remainder of the volume is divided into sections on the laboratory bench (subsection on pathogenesis of tissue injury), the bridge from bench to bedside, and at the bedside (subsections on clinical characteristics, treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and other specific forms of inflammatory bowel disease).
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