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Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) |
In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. It should not be confused with IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, which is an inconvenient yet more innocent disease. Forms The main forms of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC). Accounting for far fewer cases are other forms of IBD: Collagenous colitis Lymphocytic colitis Ischaemic colitis Diversion colitis Behçet's syndrome In ...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.osteo.org/
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center http://www.csmc.edu/ibd/index.html
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
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