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Colitis: Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies -

Colitis: Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies

Buch | Hardcover
265 Seiten
2006 | 2006 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-4315-4 (ISBN)
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Proceedings of the Falk Symposium 147 held in Birmingham, UK, May 6-7, 2005
This book provides an update for any gastroenterologist, medical or surgical, with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease. Clinically important aspects of diagnosis and treatment are covered and underpinned by scientific mechanisms. It is an exciting book which looks into the future as well as informing current practice. It includes up-to-date research findings at the highest scientific level.

List of principal contributors. List of chairpersons. Preface.-
SECTION I: DIAGNOSIS. 1 Role of capsule encoscopy in Crohn's disease. 2 Endoscopy in Crohn's disease. 3 Colitis diagnosis and therapeutic strategies - how, what and when to biopsy.-
SECTION II: MICROSCOPIC COLITIS. 4 Epidemiology of microscopic colitis. 5 Microscopic colitis: histological classification. 6 Mechanisms of pathogenesis in microscopic colitis. 7 Microscopic colitis: treatment.-
SECTION III: PREDICTING OUTCOMES. 8 Predicting the natural history of inflammatory bowel disease. 9 Who gets extra-intestinal manifestations? 10 Colitis: predicting outcomes -- who gets cancer?.-
SECTION IV: CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY. 11 Mechanisms of steroid action and resistance in inflammatory bowel disease. 12 Budesonide for ulcerative colitis. 13 How do I use steroids in Crohn's disease? 14 Why corticosteroids should not be used as first-line therapy for Crohn's disease.-
SECTION V: AZATHIOPRINE. 15 Azathioprine: molecular mechanism of action. 16 Pharmacogenetics of azathioprine - useful in clinical practice? 17 Azathioprine: long-term side-effects. 18 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Trials and complications of ileal pouch surgery.-
SECTION VI: IMMUNOMODULATORY THERAPY. 19 Biologics in ulcerative colitis.-
SECTION VII: CANCER AND IBD. 20 Diagnosis of colitis associated dysplasia: new colonoscopic techniques. 21 Can we prevent cancer using current drugs? 22 Management of low-grade dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease. 23 Low-grade dysplasia in flat mucosa: is it relevant?.-
SECTION VIII: NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES. 24 Leucocytapheresis. 25 Helminths and immune.- modulation of inflammatory bowel disease. 26 Probiotics for inflammatory bowel disease.-
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.2.2006
Reihe/Serie Falk Symposium ; 147
Zusatzinfo XV, 265 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 602 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Allgemeines / Lexika
Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Gastroenterologie
ISBN-10 1-4020-4315-5 / 1402043155
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4315-4 / 9781402043154
Zustand Neuware
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