Research Catalog

Title

Inflammatory bowel diseases : new developments and standards : proceedings of the Falk Symposium no. 82, held in Halle/Saale, Germany, November 18-19, 1994 / edited by W.E. Fleig.

Author

Falk Symposium (82nd : 1994 : Halle an der Saale, Germany)

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Fleig, Wolfgang E.

Description

xi, 324 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Falk symposium ; v. 82

Uniform Title

Falk symposium (Series) ; 82.

Subjects

• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases > diagnosis
• Inflammatory bowel diseases > Congresses
• Congress
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases > etiology
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases > surgery

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Genetic susceptibilities - major aetiological risk factors for IBD / H. Yang and J. I. Rotter -- 2. Psychosocial factors / G. Moser -- 3. Microbial factors in the pathogenesis of IBD / R. B. Sartor -- 4. Crohn disease: a virus-triggered vasculitis? / A. J. Wakefield -- 5. The role of the cellular immune response in the pathogenesis of IBD / M. Zeitz and A. Stallmach -- 6. Soluble inflammatory mediators / V. Gross, T. Andus, R. Daig, W. Hans, G. Kojouharoff, W. Falk and J. Scholmerich -- 7. Role of nitric oxide and free radicals in the pathogenesis of IBD / D. Rachmilewitz, J. S. Stamler, F. Karmeli, R. J. Xavier, D. K. Podolsky and R. Samuni -- 8. Enterogenic arthropathy / A. Stroehmann, A. Krause and G.-R. Burmester -- 9. The skin in chronic IBD / W. Ch. Marsch, J. Wohlrab and M. Cornely -- 10. Pregnancy in CIBD - a non-problem? / S. Bondesen -- 11. The risk of cancer in IBD: a plea for surveillance? / A. Sonnenberg and P. Bansal --
• 12. Measuring disease activity: do we need new indices? / H. Goebell -- 13. Prognostic indicators for remission, relapse and postoperative recurrence in IBD / G. R. D'Haens and P. J. Rutgeerts -- 14. Quality of life in IBD: does it reflect activity of disease? / R. W. Summers -- 15. How much endoscopy and when - points to be considered in diagnosis and follow-up / C. Ell -- 16. IBD: diagnostic relevance of abdominal sonography / W. B. Schwerk -- 17. Conventional radiology, CT and MRI in IBD / R. P. Spielmann -- 18. Diagnosis of perianal fistula and abscess / H.-J. Brambs -- 19. Laboratory tests in IBD - which and when? / J. Emmrich -- 20. Sulphasalazine, mesalazine and other 5-ASA derivatives / A. Dignass and P. Layer -- 21. Old and new steroids / J. Scholmerich and T. Andus -- 22. An update of immunosuppressive therapy in IBD / E.-F. Stange -- 23. Nutrition and diet / H. Lorenz-Mayer --
• 24. Efficacy of psychosomatic therapy in Crohn disease / W. Keller, W. Osborn, P. Scheib and G. Jantschek / The German Study Group 'Psychosocial Intervention in Crohn's Disease' -- 25. Treatment strategy in chronic active Crohn disease / R. Modigliani -- 26. Surgery in ulcerative colitis / E. H. Farthmann, U. Baumgartner, A. Imdahl and G. Ruf -- 27. Pros and cons of the ileoanal pouch / J. Stern, U. A. Heuschen and C. Herfarth -- 28. Current standards in surgery for Crohn disease / M. Starlinger -- 29. Non-resective surgery for Crohn disease / M. R. B. Keighley -- 30. Optimized treatment of fistulae in Crohn disease / W. D. Wong, C. Belmonte and J. Perez -- 31. Medical treatment for prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease? / W. E. Fleig.

ISBN

0792388909 (casebound)

LCCN

95035526 //r96

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries