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Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types. Crohn's disease affects the small intestine and large intestine, as well as the mouth, esophagus, stomach and the anus, whereas UC primarily affects the colon and the rectum.

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Deaths
47,400 worldwide (2015)
Differential diagnosis
Gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease
Frequency
11.2 million worldwide (2015)
Specialty
Gastroenterology

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Inflammatory bowel disease

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Edges211
Triples98
Avg. degree1.99
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Inflammatory bowel disease

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related to Genetics · 17
Inflammatory bowel disease → Ashkenazi Jews, By, Crohn's, Genome-wide, IBD, IBD-associated, Irish, Many, More, NOD2, One, Other, Research, RNA, SNPs, The, With
related to Epidemiology · 13
Inflammatory bowel disease → Around, Asia, Canada, Europe, However, IBD, Incidence, Inflammatory, Similarly, The, UK, Westernization, World War II
related to Signs and symptoms · 11
Inflammatory bowel disease → Anemia, Associated, Associations, BOOP, Crohn's, Diagnosis, DVT, IBD, In, NTIS, UC
related to Classification · 9
Inflammatory bowel disease → CD, Crohn's, IBD, Inflammatory, Microscopic, Several, The, These, UC
related to Medical therapies · 9
Inflammatory bowel disease → Biological, Crohn's, For, Generally, IBD, Medical, Steroids, The, TNF
related to In other species · 6
Inflammatory bowel disease → After, For, IBD, In, Some, There
related to External links · 4
Inflammatory bowel disease → Inflammatory, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 2
Inflammatory bowel disease → Inflammatory, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day
Deaths · 1
Inflammatory bowel disease → 47,400 worldwide (2015)
Differential diagnosis · 1
Inflammatory bowel disease → Gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Inflammatory bowel diseaseDeaths47,400 worldwide (2015)1.00infobox
Inflammatory bowel diseaseDifferential diagnosisGastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease1.00infobox
Inflammatory bowel diseaseFrequency11.2 million worldwide (2015)1.00infobox
Inflammatory bowel diseaseSpecialtyGastroenterology1.00infobox
cholic acidinstance ofIBD patients have a consistent pattern of an increased abundance of primary bile acids0.80text
chenodeoxycholic acidinstance ofIBD patients have a consistent pattern of an increased abundance of primary bile acids0.80text
Bifidobacterium longuminstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text
Eubacterium rectaleinstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text
Faecalibacterium prausnitziiinstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text
and Roseburia intestinalisinstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text
while harmful species like Bacteroides fragilisinstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text
Ruminococcus torquesinstance ofthere is a decrease or absence of beneficial bacteria0.80text

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