Antonio Canero, Domenico Parmeggiani, Nicola Avenia, Pietro Francesco Atelli, Luigi Goffredi, Luigi Goffredi, Roberto Peltrini, Imma Madonna, Pasquale Ambrosino, Sarah Apperti, Marco Apperti
The acronym IBD identifies the ulcerative colitis (URC), Crohn's disease (CD) and the undeterminate colitis (UC) 7. Inflammatory bowel diseases are characterized by variegated etiopathogenesis, probably autoimmune. They have in common a histological damage of a granulomatous/ulcerative kind and also the same manifestations which includes the alternation of remissions and exacerbations 1. They have a remarkable familiarity (13.5%) although it is more evident in CD than in URC. The incidence of IBD varies according to different geographical areas but with a steady increasing trend above all in CD and the diffusion seems to be linked to genetic factors (association with HLA-A2 and B 18) and to geographical factors...
December 21, 2011: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia