© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_7 7. What Happens If I Do Nothing for My Ulcerative Colitis? The Natural History of Untreated Ulcerative Colitis Vikram Kanagala1 and Daniel J. Stein1 …
Infection Mechanical Inflammatory Neoplastic HIV Pill esophagitis Celiac sprue Lymphoma HSV Rectal prolapse Behcet’s disease Leukemia CMV Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome Segmental colitis associated with diverticular disease Kaposi’s sarcoma Clostridium…
Crohn’s disease Ulcerative colitis Associated with disease onset or worsening of disease activity Smoking Low levels of vitamin D Recent enteric infections C. difficile infection Diet high in animal…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_1 1. Why Did This Happen to Me? Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pathophysiology of IBD Ashwin Ananthakrishnan1 (1) Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_3 3. So What Is Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis? Pathophysiology of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Viveksandeep Thoguluva Chandrasekar1 and Nanda Venu2 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_6 6. What If I Do Not Get Myself Treated for Crohn’s Disease? Natural History of Crohn’s Disease Tauseef Ali1 (1) OU Inflammatory…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_5 5. Do I Have Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis? Identifying Factors That Distinguish CD from UC and Indeterminate Colitis Joel Pekow1 (1)…
