Lung involvement in inflammatory bowel diseases
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Respiratory involvement in inflammatory bowel diseases
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) and are due to a dysregulation of the antimicrobial defense normally provided by the intestinal mucosa. This inflammatory process may extend outside the bowel to many organs and also to the respiratory tract. The respiratory involvement in IBD may be completely asymptomatic and detected only at lung funct...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.407