"Crohn Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D003424
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.731.500 C06.405.469.432.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Crohn Disease- Crohn Disease
- Crohn's Enteritis
- Regional Enteritis
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohns Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1
Ileitis, Terminal- Ileitis, Terminal
- Terminal Ileitis
- Ileitis, Regional
- Regional Ileitides
- Regional Ileitis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Crohn Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Linking bacterial enterotoxins and alpha defensin 5 expansion in the Crohn's colitis: A new insight into the etiopathogenetic and differentiation triggers driving colonic inflammatory bowel disease. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0246393.
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Translocation of Viable Gut Microbiota to Mesenteric Adipose Drives Formation of Creeping Fat in Humans. Cell. 2020 10 29; 183(3):666-683.e17.
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Cytokine-induced inflammatory liver injuries. Curr Mol Med. 2003 Sep; 3(6):545-59.
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Relief of psychiatric symptoms in a patient with Crohn's disease after metronidazole therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jan; 30(1):213-4.