Chronic intestinal inflammation: inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated colon cancer

C. Rubin, Deborah; Shaker, Anisa; S. Levin, Marc

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2012.00107

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Chronic intestinal inflammation: inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated colon cancer

Published in Frontiers in Immunology • Jan 1, 2012

Authors:

Deborah C. Rubin

Anisa Shaker

Marc S. Levin

Abstract

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are chronic inflammatory disorders of the intestine. The prevalence in the United States is greater than 200 cases per 100,000, with the total number of IBD patients between 1 and 1.5 million. CD may a...

Subject

Inflammatory bowel disease

Medicine

Inflammation

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