Inflammatory Bowel Disease, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

ISBN-13: 9780323677950 Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Publication date: 05/22/2019 Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine , #29 Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d) Dr. Charles Lightdale selected top expert Dr. Charles Lichtiger to serve as Guest Editor for this issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics devoted to Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The issue uniquely addresses the questions that arise when trying to treat and diagnose IBD. Further, it provides information on what the future might look like for endoscopists. Articles are devoted to the following topics: The Era of Anti-TNF’s is Over: What do we know, don’t know, and yearn to know; Prognostigating the Course of IBD- Is it an art or Science; Treat to Target: What is Target and How do we Treat; The Microbiota and the Immune Response: What is the Chicken and What is the Egg; The Role of the Radiologist in Determining Disease Severity; Capsule Endoscopy and Small Bowel Enteroscopy: Have they Rendered the Radiolog