New-Onset Ulcerative Colitis in a Young Caucasian Woman with Unclassified Arteritis by Bryan Roberts

“…Cases have been reported in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting possible genetic linkage. …”
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A Practical Review of Cytomegalovirus in Gastroenterology and Hepatology by Ali Y. Fakhreddine, Catherine T. Frenette, Gauree G. Konijeti

“…This review will focus on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of CMV in patient populations relevant to the practice of gastroenterology and hepatology—liver transplant recipients, inflammatory bowel disease patients, and otherwise immunocompetent patients.…”
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Mechanism of action of 5-arninosalicylic acid by N. A. Punchard, S. M. Greenfield, R. P. H. Thompson

“…5-Aminosalicylic Acid (5-ASA) has been used for over 50 years in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in the pro-drug form sulphasalazine (SASP). …”
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Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Liver Incidentally Found in a 55-Year-Old Woman with a History of Ulcerative Colitis by Noritoshi Mizuta, Takuya Kikuchi, Shunsuke Kusano, Nobuya Sano

“…No case was reported in association with inflammatory bowel disease. We report a case of RLH of the liver in a patient with ulcerative colitis (UC). …”
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Giant Cell Myocarditis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease, Treated with Etanercept – A Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist by C Nash, R Panaccione, LR Sutherland, JB Meddings

“…Cardiac disease in association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is uncommon. Reports include pericarditis, pericardial effusion, myocarditis, myocardial infarction, endocarditis and arrythmias. …”
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Multifocal Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Involving Pituitary Masquerading as Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Bhanu Malhotra, Manpreet Saini, Arshiya Dutta, Atul Sharma, Kim Vaiphie, Pinaki Dutta

“…We present a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) with gastrointestinal involvement masquerading as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a patient who initially had features of central diabetes insipidus (CDI). …”
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Highlights in IBD Epidemiology and Its Natural History in the Paediatric Age by Marco Gasparetto, Graziella Guariso

“…The number of patients of all age brackets diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has risen dramatically worldwide over the past 50 years. …”
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TRPV Subfamily (TRPV2, TRPV3, TRPV4, TRPV5, and TRPV6) Gene and Protein Expression in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by Joel J. Toledo Mauriño, Gabriela Fonseca-Camarillo, Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda, Rafael Barreto-Zuñiga, Braulio Martínez Benítez, Julio Granados, Jesus K. Yamamoto-Furusho

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Caveolin-1 Scaffolding Domain Peptide Regulates Colon Endothelial Cell Survival through JNK Pathway by Kai Fang, Christopher G. Kevil

“…It has been reported that pathological angiogenesis contributes to both experimental colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Recently, we demonstrated that endothelial caveolin-1 plays a key role in the pathological angiogenesis of dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) colitis. …”
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Lymphocyte levels in Crohn’s disease patients in clinical remission are significantly lower than those in healthy people by Asi He, Tulan Hu, Linzhen Li

“…Abstract Background and purpose Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, non-specific inflammatory bowel disease caused by multiple causes. …”
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Renal Effects of Long-Term Treatment with 5-Aminosalicylic Acid by Harshna Patel, Aiala Barr, Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy

“…BACKGROUND: A number of case reports link the use of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) to interstitial nephritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).…”
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Unique quantitative electroencephalography differences and related behavioral dynamics in Crohn’s disease by Yihan Zhuang, Hairu Yang, Xinyi Huang, Guanghua Guo, Quan Shi, Yiting Lin, Wenwen Xue, Zeyu Huang, Sisi Zhou, Jiahui Cai, Haizhu Tan, Jing Yu

“…Crohn's disease (CD) is a major type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by idiopathic, chronic inflammation with a patchy transmural inflammatory pattern. …”
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The Impact of Intermediate Antidrug Antibodies to Infliximab and Adalimumab on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis by Chaoyang Wang, Mazen Tolaymat, Raymond Cross

“… Background: The anti-TNF drugs adalimumab (ADA) and infliximab (IFX) are effective treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, 40% of patients lose response, often due to the development of antibodies-to-ADA (ATA) and antibodies-to-IFX (ATI). …”
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Prevalence of Erosive-ulcerative Lesions of the Stomach and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by N. A. Ponkratova, P. V. Pavlov, O. S. Shifrin

“…The study of H. pylori infection with RUT was carried out in 111 patients without inflammatory bowel disease, who formed the control group.Results. …”
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Ketotifen Treatment of Active Colitis in Patients with 5-Aminosalicylate Intolerance by John K Marshall, E Jan Irvine

“…Although the role of mucosal mast cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease remains uncertain, mast cell stabilizers have been shown in animal models to attenuate the severity of experimental colitis. …”
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Risk of cancer in patients with bile acid diarrhoea: a Danish nationwide matched cohort study by Tine Jess, Nynne Nyboe Andersen, Gry Poulsen, Signe Wildt, Lars Kristian Munck, Aske Thorn Iversen, Christian Borup

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Mesalazine-Induced Myopericarditis in a Patient with a Recent Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease: Apropos of a Case by Michele Sorleto, Stefanie Dürrwald, Marcus Wiemer

“…Mesalazine- (5-aminosalicylic acid-) containing products are a well-known treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, often as first line. Myocarditis is recognized as a very rare possible side effect of this drug treatment. …”
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2009 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Educational Needs Assessment Report by Alaa Rostom, Sandra Daniels

“…Similar to previous years, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) topics – particularly Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) therapeutics, and difficult IBD cases – were most in demand for future educational events. …”
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Ilececum: A Comprehensive Review by Shou-jiang Tang, Ruonan Wu

“…Ileal intubation is indicated in certain circumstances such as suspected inflammatory bowel disease and GI bleeding. There is much pathology that can be observed within the ileocecum. …”
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A Gastroenterologist’s Perspective of The Medical Management of Patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis by ABR Thomson

“…Medical therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has specific objectives that need to be remembered when considering any form of intervention. …”
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