 Crohn Disease
"Crohn Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D003424
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.731.500 C06.405.469.432.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Crohn Disease- Crohn Disease
- Crohn's Enteritis
- Regional Enteritis
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohns Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1
Ileitis, Terminal- Ileitis, Terminal
- Terminal Ileitis
- Ileitis, Regional
- Regional Ileitides
- Regional Ileitis
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Crohn Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Battat R, Kopylov U, Szilagyi A, Saxena A, Rosenblatt DS, Warner M, Bessissow T, Seidman E, Bitton A. Vitamin B12 deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease: prevalence, risk factors, evaluation, and management. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Jun; 20(6):1120-8.
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Szilagyi A, Rivard J, Shrier I. Diminished efficacy of colonic adaptation to lactulose occurs in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in remission. Dig Dis Sci. 2002 Dec; 47(12):2811-22.
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Willam K. [On the problems of diagnosis and treatment of Crohn's regional enterocolitis]. Chirurg. 1968 Jul; 39(7):326-8.
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