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Extra intestinal manifestations and complications in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Source :
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Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi [Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi] 2014 Apr-Jun; Vol. 118 (2), pp. 279-88. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), doesn't affect only the intestinal tract, but also involve other organs such as: eyes, skin, joints, liver and biliary tracts, kidneys, lungs, vascular system. It is difficult to differentiate the true extraintestinal manifestations from secondary extraintestinal complications. The pathogenetic autoimmune mechanisms include genetic susceptibility, antigenic display of autoantigen, aberrant self-recognition and immunopathogenetic autoantibodies against organ-specific cellular antigens shared by colon and extra-colonic organs. An important role is owned by microbes due to molecular mimicry. This paper reviews the frequency, clinical presentation and therapeutic implications of extraintestinal symptoms in inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Subjects :
- Anemia etiology
Bone Diseases, Metabolic etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases etiology
Cholangitis, Sclerosing etiology
Colitis, Ulcerative complications
Crohn Disease complications
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Diseases etiology
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases immunology
Musculoskeletal Diseases etiology
Nervous System Diseases etiology
Skin Diseases etiology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0048-7848
- Volume :
- 118
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25076688