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Abstract
Chronic, non-specific inflammation of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Etiology may be genetic or environmental. This term includes CROHN DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS.
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- Bowel Diseases, Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Colitis, Ulcerative (1966-1988)
- Crohn Disease (1980-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015212. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015212
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_bowel_disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917447