Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) has emerged as a useful tool for optimising the use of
biologics, and in particular anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy, in inflammatory …

Helicobacter pylori infection increases gastric acid secretion in patients with duodenal ulcers
but diminishes acid output in patients with gastric cancer and their relatives. Investigation of …

Objective The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern
Europe. The reasons for these changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to …

Objective The Epi-IBD cohort is a prospective population-based inception cohort of
unselected patients with inflammatory bowel disease from 29 European centres covering a …

Abstract Background and Aims Few population-based cohort studies have assessed the
disease course of ulcerative colitis [UC] in the era of biological therapy and widespread use …

BACKGROUND:: Colonoscopy has a miss rate for adenomas that may partly relate to poor
visualization of the colonic surface. Dynamic position changes during colonoscope …

Background Introduction The prognosis of dysplasia in patients with IBD is largely
determined from observational studies from the pre‐videoendoscopic era (pre‐1990s) that …

Abstract Background and Aims The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is
increasing in Eastern Europe possibly due to changes in environmental factors towards a …

Background Up to 60% of patients with Crohn's disease need intestinal resection within the
first 10 years of diagnosis, and postoperative recurrence is common. We investigated …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) places a significant burden on health-care
systems because of its chronicity and need for expensive therapies and surgery. With …