Медицинский совет (Dec 2013)

INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE COLON. CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM

  • V. L. Rivkin,
  • L. L. Kapuller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21518/2079-701x-2013-10-69-71
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 10
pp. 69 – 71

Abstract

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The etiology of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) is unknown, and their pathogenesis is being studied. The process, treatment methods and outcomes of the diseases are very similar, while their morphological differences are mainly quantitative. These may be different forms of the same ulcerative lesion of the colon.

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