IBD 2007 - Achievements in Research and Clinical Practice

• Epidemiology, risk factors and genetics.- Epidemiology and genetics of inflammatory bowel disease in Turkey.- Inflammatory bowel disease in Greece: 25-years’ epidemiological and clinical studies.- Inflammatory bowel disease in southern Europe.- Comparison to North and Central Europe.- Bacterial and viral infections mimicking inflammatory bowel disease.- Ileocolonic tuberculosis: a diagnostic challenge.- Bacterial and viral infections mimicking inflammatory bowel diseases.- Inflammatory bowel disease coexistent with viral hepatitis and HIV.- Diagnostic standards and developments in imaging.- Endoscopic and histological grading in inflammatory bowel disease.- Conventional imaging.- Cases and controversies.- State-of-the-Art Lecture: What is the role of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease — State of the art 2007.- State-of-the-Art Lecture: The changing face of inflammatory bowel disease over recent decades.- Laboratory markers and other tools.- Antibodies: useful tools or pathophysiology markers?.- How to diagnose Behçet’s and intestinal Behçet’s disease?.- Stool tests: are they useful?.- Features of drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease.- Features of drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease: 5-aminosalicylic acid (mesalazine).- Immunosuppressive drugs in inflammatory bowel disease: azathioprine.- Antibiotics and probiotics.- Features of drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease.- Treatment algorithms: “The standard patient”.- Mild-to-moderate left-sided ulcerative colitis and proctitis.- Treatment of mild-to-moderate episodes of extensive ulcerative colitis.- Mild to moderately active ileocaecal Crohn’s disease.- Therapy of mild to moderate colonic Crohn’s disease.- State-of-the-Art Lecture: Future therapies in inflammatory bowel diseases.- Casesand controversies.- Management of fistulizing Crohn’s disease: the conservative approach.- Fistulizing Crohn’s disease: the aggressive approach.- Refractory ulcerative colitis: the conservative approach.- Refractory ulcerative colitis: the aggressive approach.- The surgical approach for refractory ulcerative colitis.

From the reviews: "This book ... focuses on IBD and related issues in a less well known part of the world with respect to prevalence, disease behavior, and patient characteristics, as well as the difficulties faced in differential diagnosis and management. ... The monograph ... is aimed predominantly at the IBD aficionado." (Willem JS de Villiers, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)