Origins and Directions of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Early Studies of the "Nonspecific" Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

by Joseph B. Kirsner

Book Overview

Few human illnesses today are so challenging, medically, scientifically, and socio-economically, as the "nonspecific" inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Originating several centuries ago but essentially diseases of the 20th century, often attacking children and young adults, involving all bodily systems as well as the gastrointestinal tract, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have emerged in recent decades...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401038740
• ISBN13: 9789401038744
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"