Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coeliac Disease in Children

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Postnatal immunomorphology of the gut....Pages 3-44
Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease....Pages 45-58
Special aspects of inflammatory bowel disease in children....Pages 59-65
Evaluation of endoscopic findings in Crohn’s disease of childhood and adolescence....Pages 67-74
Diagnostic imaging in inflammatory bowel disease in paediatric patients....Pages 75-82
Lymphocyte subsets in Crohn’s disease....Pages 83-86
Medical treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease....Pages 87-98
Toxic effect of sulphasalazine on prepubertal testes....Pages 99-115
Indications for surgery in inflammatory bowel disease in children....Pages 117-120
Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease: ulcerative colitis....Pages 121-129
Factors that influence the postoperative recurrence of Crohn’s disease in childhood....Pages 131-136
Psyche and inflammatory bowel disease....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Management of coeliac disease in children: a personal view....Pages 147-155
Grain prolamins; why immunogenic, how toxic?....Pages 157-167
Class II molecules in coeliac disease....Pages 169-176
The diagnostic significance of gliadin and endomysium antibodies in childhood coeliac disease....Pages 177-187
Concluding remarks....Pages 189-193
Back Matter....Pages 195-199