Transcription of Crohn's Disease: Introduction - Hopkins Medicine
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Figure 1. Location of the colon in the 's Disease: Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease encompasses two idiopathic, chronic, inflammatory diseases: Crohn s disease and ulcerativecolitis. Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis are disorders of unknown cause, involving genetic and immunological influenceon the gastrointestinal tract s ability to distinguish foreign from self-antigens. They share many overlapping epidemiological,clinical, and therapeutic characteristics. In some patients it is not possible to distinguish which form of inflammatory boweldisease is present (Figure 2).
Crohn's Disease: Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease encompasses two idiopathic , chronic , inflammatory diseases: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative ... (ERCP) or hepatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Pericholangitis is characterized by inflammation of the portal tracts with lymphocyte and eosinophil infiltrates. Degenerative changes in ...
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