This new edition is a unique combined resource for physicians and scientists addressing the
needs of both groups. In addition to stimulating exchange and collaboration and shortening the
path between discovery and application of new knowledge the book helps clinicians understand
new therapeutic concepts from their origins. The volume serves as a comprehensive guide to the
current diagnostic modalities including enhanced imaging techniques such as MRI and CT
enterography virtual colonoscopy ultrasound and endomicroscopy as well as conventional and
complex immunomodulatory principles. The latest edition also includes revised chapters from the
previous edition as well as new chapters reflecting current developments in the field.Written
by experts in their field Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: From Epidemiology and
Immunobiology to a Rational Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach Second Edition is of great
value to gastroenterologists surgeons internists pediatricians and gynecologists trainees
as well as all those involved in Crohn's disease ulcerative colitis and related autoimmune
disorders.
