Inflammatory Bowel disease

Introduction:

Introduction to Inflamatory Bowel Disease- http://www.fleshandbones.com/readingroom/pdf/1057.pdf

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Resources-http://ruralnurseorganization-dl.slis.ua.edu/clinical/gastroenterology/lower/colonicdiseases/inflammatorybowel.htm

Inflammatory bowel disease by first principles of gastroentrology- http://gastroresource.com/GITextbook/en/chapter10/Default.htm

Inflamatory Bowel Disease-http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1169.htm

Ulcerative collitis -a comprehensive overview-http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/ulcerative_colitis.htm

Chrons disease-assosiations, pathogenesis, lab tests, differential diagnosis treatment and prognosis-http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/crohns_disease.htm

Inflammatory bowel disease- http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/91/5/426

Presenting features of inflammatory bowel disease in Great Britain and Ireland- http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/88/11/995

The Montreal classification of inflammatory bowel disease: controversies, consensus, and implications -http://gut.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/6/749

Introduction to chrons disease- http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease1&organ=6&disease=21&lang_id=1----------

Diagnostic measures:

Blood and stool tests:

Blood culture-  http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_culture/glance.html

Stool culture -http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003758.htm

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Complete Blood Count (CBC) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc/glance.html

Faecal Occult Blood Test -  http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/fecal_occult_blood/test.html

Medline Plus: Platelet count - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003647.htm

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/esr/glance.html

How IBD Is Diagnosed-http://www.ccfa.org/info/about/diagnose

High faecal calprotectin concentrations in newborn infants - http://fn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/89/4/F353

Performance of blood tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in a specialist clinic - http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/89/1/69

Other routine blood tests:

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Liver (hepatic) Function Tests (LFTs) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.html

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/aptt/glance.html

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Prothrombin Time - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/pt/glance.html

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Albumin Level - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/albumin/glance.html

American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Fibrinogen Level - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/fibrinogen/glance.html

Histopathological & immunological:

Guidlines for initial biopsy diagnosis in chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.bsg.org.uk/pdf_word_docs/ideopathic.pdf

Gross and microscopic findings in inflammatory bowel disease-http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/IBD/IBD.html

Inflammatory bowel disease requires the interplay between innate and adaptive immune signals- http://www.nature.com/cr/journal/v16/n1/full/7310009a.html

Diagnostic difficulties in inflammatory bowel disease pathology- http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02248.x---------------

 Radiological:

Sonographic findings in Inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/163/2/343

Imaging recommendations for patients with Crohn's disease.- http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=8585----------

Imaging Features of Crohn’s Disease in Chinese- http://www.hkcr.org/publ/Journal/vol5no3/full/Vol.5%20No.%203_p.162-169.pdf

What is colonoscopy-http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonoscopy/

Colonoscopic Surveillance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease- http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/510593

MRI Evaluation of Inflammatory Activity in Crohn's Disease - http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/184/6/1829

Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging colonography with conventional colonoscopy for the assessment of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory boweldisease: a feasibility study - http://spl.harvard.edu:8000/pages/papers/schreyer/GUT2005.pdf

Lower GI Series of X-Rays- http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lowergi/

ASGE guideline: endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.asge.org/nspages/practice/patientcare/sop/lowerGI/2006_bowelDisease.pdf

2000 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Role Of Endoscopic Surveillance- http://www.asge.org/nspages/practice/patientcare/00-inflammatory.cfm

Genetic Associations:

Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease: progress and prospects- http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/13/suppl_1/R16

Genetics in chrons disease- http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=crohndisease;jsessionid=0E16FBA58C894172E04D6849FE2776EF

Unravelling the complex genetics of inflammatory bowel disease- http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/89/7/598

Association of HLA DRB1*0103 With Colonic Involvement in Inflammatory Bowel Disease-http://ptstg.ovid.com:9001/pt/re/ibd/fulltext.00054725-200301000-00001.htm;jsessionid=Ero5TYtv5Ihl92lyVVEmrubelSjtzaMJ6RWVBXgb5dmhiJ3zTHz9!741997252

Susceptibility locus for inflammatory bowel disease on chromosome 16 has a role in Crohn’s disease, but not in ulcerative colitis- http://bioinformatics.med.yale.edu/PDF/06_JOhmen1996.pdf

Genetic Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Large European Cohort Supports Linkage to Chromosomes12 and 16-http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/~lon/Pubs/gastro1066.pdf

Evidence for association of OCTN genes and IBD5 with ulcerative colitis - http://gut.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/6/809

Evaluation of SLC11A1 as an inflammatory bowel disease candidate gene- http://bmc.ub.uni-potsdam.de/1471-2350-6-10/1471-2350-6-10.pdf

Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ar02oct-10.pdf

IBD5 is a General Risk Factor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Replication of Association with Crohn Disease and Identification of a Novel Association with Ulcerative Colitis- http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v73n1/035049/035049.html

Extraintestinal manifestations of IBD:

 Extraintestinal manifestations of IBD and long term complications- http://www.4woman.gov/healthpro/eduandasso/Clinical_Courier_3.PDF

Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease- http://www.bhj.org/journal/2006_4801_jan/html/infla_Extraintestinal_22-25.html

Dyspnea in a Youth with Crohn's Disease- http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case10/case10.html

Erythema nodosum as a presentation of inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/173/2/145

Important cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease- http://pmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/81/959/580

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors and the reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection- http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/168/9/1153

Prevalence of subclinical anterior uveitis in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease- http://bjo.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/85/2/219

Musculoskeletal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease - http://www.pulsus.com/Gastro/15_06/forn_ed.htm

Enteropathic Spondyloarthropathy- http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article2860.html

Peripheral neuropathy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease- http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/128/4/867

Ulcerative Colitis and Motor Neurone Disease: Causal or Coincidental?- http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/4408/4408cr2.pdf

The Clustering of Other Chronic Inflammatory Diseases in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Study- http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/EpidemiologyOther/Bernstein%20autoimmune%20cluster%20IBD.pdf

Extraintestinal Manifestations of Crohn's Disease- http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowFulltext&ProduktNr=223838&ArtikelNr=83870------------------

Johne's disease,inflammatory bowel disease and mycobacterium paratuberculosis-  http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.micro.58.030603.123726-----------------

Management:        

Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease - http://www.aafp.org/afp/980101ap/botoman.html

Treatment options for inflammatory bowl disease in children-http://ptstg.ovid.com:9001/pt/re/ibd/fulltext.00054725-200301000-00006.htm;jsessionid=Ero5TYtv5Ihl92lyVVEmrubelSjtzaMJ6RWVBXgb5dmhiJ3zTHz9!741997252

Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults- http://www.bsg.org.uk/pdf_word_docs/ibd.pdf

The Effect of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid-Containing Drugs on Sulfide Production by Sulfate-Reducing and Amino Acid-Fermenting Bacteria-http://ptstg.ovid.com:9001/pt/re/ibd/fulltext.00054725-200301000-00002.htm;jsessionid=Ero5TYtv5Ihl92lyVVEmrubelSjtzaMJ6RWVBXgb5dmhiJ3zTHz9!741997252

Emerging treatments for inflammatory bowel disease- http://www.bioportfolio.com/news/DailyUpdates_73.htm

Variations in initial assessment and management of inflammatory bowel disease across Great Britain and Ireland- http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/88/11/99

Other interesting aspects:

Mistakens beliefs -inflammatory bowel disease and autism- http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/autism/ibd.htm

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Vaccines- http://www.healingwell.com/library/ibd/info13.asp

Ulcerative Colitis and Nutrition- http://www.ibdanswers.com/UlcerativeColitisAndNutrition

Diet and Nutrition- http://www.ccfa.org/info/diet?LMI=4.2

Law and policy- http://www.ccfa.org/living/disability/