Trends in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy 1999: The proceedings of a symposium organized by AXCAN PHARMA, held in Vancouver, BC, August 27-29, 1999

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

This volume is the proceedings of the symposium “Trends in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy 1999’ held in Vancouver, Canada, August 27–29, 1999, and sponsored by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada and Axcan Pharma. It is the seventh international IBD symposium to be held in Canada and focuses on all areas of IBD therapy. Topics include: - Genetics; - Pathogenesis with reference to the role of autoimmunity, bacterial factors and neutrophil–epithelial interactions; - Special clinical problems such as difficult diagnoses and challenges presented by children and the elderly; - Bone disease in IBD; - An overview of current therapy; - A discussion of alternative therapy.