The leading symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are chronic diarrhea (>4 weeks), abdominal pain, bloody stools, and rapid weight loss. IBD is often relapsing, with active phases alternating with inactive phases, and in other cases there is a chronic-active course. Crohn’s disease (MC) and ulcerative colitis (CU) are the main subtypes of IBD – they are systemic diseases associated with extraintestinal manifestations and comorbidities in addition to intestinal complications.
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Autoren
- Prof. Dr. med. Stephan R. Vavricka
- PD Dr. med. Thomas Greuter
Publikation
- HAUSARZT PRAXIS
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