Research Catalog

Title

Inflammatory bowel disease / edited by F.T. de Dombal [and others].

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors

De Dombal, F. T.

Description

xxi, 742 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Colitis, Ulcerative
• Crohn Disease
• Crohn's disease
• Health Surveys
• Health surveys
• Inflammatory bowel diseases > Epidemiology
• Inflammatory bowel diseases > Statistics
• Ulcerative colitis

Note

• Previous ed.: 1986.
• "Based on a multinational survey conducted by the Research Committee of the World Organization of Gastroenterology"--T.p. verso.

Contents

• 1. Definitions and descriptions of inflammatory bowel disease / OMGE Research Committee Team -- 2. Inflammatory bowel disease - a historical perspective / Johannes Myren -- 3. Pathogenesis and aetiology of inflammatory bowel disease / Zdenek Maratka -- 4. The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease / F. T. de Dombal -- 5. Diagnosis of patients with inflammatory bowel disease - the value of clinical features / F. T. de Dombal, Johannes Myren, Ian A. D. Bouchier, Geoffrey Watkinson, Susan E. Clamp and Angela Softley -- 6. The radiology of inflammatory bowel disease / Keith C. Simpkins -- 7. The role of rectal biopsy in inflammatory bowel disease / H. Thompson -- 8. The protean complications of inflammatory bowel disease / Joseph J. Sidorov -- 9. Cancer and inflammatory bowel disease - changing perspectives / F. T. de Dombal and Angela Softley -- 10. Measuring and quantifying the status of patients with inflammatory bowel disease / F. T. de Dombal.
• 11. A system for the anatomical coding of Crohn's disease involvement / William R. Best and Emanoel C. G. Lee -- 12. The OMGE multinational inflammatory bowel disease survey: a report on 4137 cases / Johannes Myren, Ian A. D. Bouchier, Geoffrey Watkinson, Angela Softley, Susan E. Clamp and Francis T. de Dombal -- 13. Inflammatory bowel disease in various countries Czechoslovakia / J. Bitter, J. Zuvocova, V. Dyrhonova, O. Komarkova, O. Shonova, M. Simonova, J. Setka and Z. Maratka. Hungary / G. Gabor Pronay, Gyorgy Nagy, Laszlo Ujszaszy and Karoly Minik. Poland / K. Gibinski and A. Hermanowicz. Greece / G. Theodoropoulos. Italy / P. A. Bianchi, D. Castagnone, L. Piodi, T. Ranzi, L. Sironi and P. Velio. Sicily / M. Cottone, G. Malizia and L. Pagliaro. India / M. R. Kotwal. Spain / Francisco Vilardell. Portugal / Elisa Areias, A. A. Santos, Isabel Simoes, F. Queirdo, L. Metzner Serra and J. Pinto Correia. Israel / H. S. Odes and D. Fraser. Russia / Anna R. Zlatkina. China / Yuan Shi-Zhen.
• Brazil / Moacyr Padua Vilela and Rosangela Porto -- Additional comments / F. T. de Dombal, Angela Softley, Ian A. D. Bouchier, Johannes Myren and Geoffrey Watkinson -- 14. The medical treatment of acute attacks of inflammatory bowel disease / Geoffrey Watkinson, Angela Softley and F. T. de Dombal -- 15. The medical management of long-standing inflammatory bowel disease / Kenneth A. Huizenga -- 16. Nutritional support of patients with inflammatory bowel disease / Michael J. Ostro and Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy -- 17. Indications for surgery in Crohn's disease / Richard G. Farmer -- 18. Currently used surgical procedures for inflammatory bowel disease / Victor W. Fazio.

ISBN

0192624016 :

LCCN

gb 94004280

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries