"Proceedings of Falk Symposium 122 held in Bologna, Italy, June 22-23, 2001." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: List of principal authors ix -- SECTION I: GENETICS OF IBD -- 1 Genetics of IBD -- case presentation 3 -- VAnnese and A Andriulli -- 2 Intestinal permeability in Crohn's disease: genetic, -- environmental, or inflammatory? 7 -- JA Katz -- 3 Screening for IBD susceptibility: subclinical markers 17 -- J-F Colombel, S Joossens, P Vandewalle, S Vermeire, -- B Sendid, VAnnese, P Rutgeerts and D Poulain -- 4 Genetics of IBD: chromosomal studies 22 -- M Parkes and D P Jewell -- 5 Defining clinical activity in Crohn's disease 32 -- D B Sachar -- SECTION II: PAEDIATRICS IN IBD -- 6 Severe ulcerative colitis in a toddler: -- a complicated course 43 -- F Viola, C Pacchiarotti, G di Nardo, M Porcelli, L Dito, -- A L Grandinetti and S Cucchiara -- 7 Paediatrics in IBD -- epidemiology and risk factors 49 -- A Ekbom -- 8 The diagnosis of a paediatric inflammatory -- bowel disease 53 -- M C Dubinsky and A Dover -- 9 Growth failure in children with IBD 65 -- H A Buller -- 10 Medical management of IBD: children versus adults 71 -- J F Markowitz -- 11 Nutrition therapy in inflammatory bowel disease 85 -- M A Gassull and E Cabre -- SECTION III: EARLY VS LATE IBD -- 12 Early versus late IBD -- clinical comments 97 -- S G M Meuwissen and A A van Bodegraven -- 13 Early and late inflammatory bowel disease: -- differential mechanisms 103 -- S Kugathasan, D M Spencer, A D Levine and C Fiocchi -- 14 Evolution into chronicity 110 -- J C Hoffmann and M Zeitz -- 15 Ulcerative colitis and multiple organ dysfunction -- syndrome (MODS) 115 -- R Caprilli and G Latella -- 16 Early versus late inflammatory bowel disease: -- implications for therapy 122 -- L R Sutherland -- 17 Cells of the intestinal mucosa -- from -- inflammation to fibrosis 127 -- G Rogler -- SECTION IV: BACTERIA AND GUT INFLAMMATION -- 18 Bacteria and gut inflammation: a case report 145 -- G Zoli, D Orsi and S Parro -- 19 Bacteria and gut inflammation 148 -- R N Fedorak -- 20 Dietary components as antigens, haptens and mitogens -- in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease 153 -- J M Rhodes -- 21 Use of antibiotics and probiotics in Crohn's disease 158 -- C Prantera, M L Scribano and R Mangiarotti -- 22 Probiotics in IBD 164 -- P Gionchetti, F Rizzello, C Amadini, A Venturi, -- V Palmonari, R Romagnoli, C Morselli, D Matteuzzi, -- P Brigidi and M Campieri -- SECTION V: REFRACTORY CD -- 23 Prevention and management of postoperative recurrence -- in Crohn's disease 173 -- G D'Haens -- 24 Refractory Crohn's disease -- discussion of the case 181 -- M Vecchi, S Saibeni, C Abbiati and R de Franchis -- 25 Mechanisms of refractoriness in Crohn's disease 185 -- J Scholmerich -- 26 The traditional immunosuppressors 201 -- E F Stange -- 27 Novel therapeutic options in Crohn's disease: -- targeting the MAP kinase pathways 206 -- B van den Blink, T ten Hove, M P Peppelenbosch -- and S J H van Deventer -- 28 Refractory Crohn's disease -- when is the -- time for surgery? 214 -- R S McLeod and E D Kennedy -- SECTION VI: FISTULIZING CD -- 29 Fistulizing CD: a case report 225 -- G Riegler, F Selvaggi, A Giuliani and L Caserta -- 30 Fistulizing Crohn's disease -- discussion of the case 233 -- H Herfarth -- 31 Fistulizing Crohn's disease -- medical treatment 239 -- D H Present -- 32 Fistulizing Crohn's disease 245 -- V W Fazio -- 33 Alternative therapies in inflammatory bowel disease 256 -- D Rachmilewitz -- SECTION VII: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS -- 34 Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in -- indeterminate refractory colitis 267 -- M Daperno, R Sostegni, S Taraglio, R Rocca, -- B Torchio and A Pera -- 35 Indeterminate colitis 274 -- G C Sturniolo, V Medici, L Benazzato and R D'lnca -- 36 IBD: UC or CD 278 -- K Geboes, I Dalle and K P Geboes -- 37 The neuromodulation of intestinal inflammation 294 -- S M Collins, S Ganguli, F Galeazzi and A Ruhl -- 38 Relationship between stress, neuroimmune function and -- gut inflammation 300 -- A L Hart and M A Kamm -- 39 Medical therapy of ulcerative colitis 306 -- S B Hanauer -- SECTION VIII: COMPLICATIONS OF ILEAL-POUCH -- ANASTOMOSIS -- 40 Postoperative complications after ileal pouch-anal -- anastomosis 313 -- G Poggioli, S Laureti, F Pierangeli, M Ravaioli, -- F Ugolini, P Gionchetti and M Campieri -- 41 Complications of the ileoanal pouch: -- medical complications 329 -- W J Sandborn -- 42 Inflammatory bowel disease: how does basic science -- help clinical management? 335 -- D K Podolsky -- Index 343.
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