18. September 2016

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic, relapsing disease involving chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, either in part or entire. IBD primarily includes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) with a high prevalence rate in the industrialized world, with North America noting the highest frequency of people suffering with CD [1]. Incidence of IBD is from 31 to 71 per100,000 people for CD and 18-31 per 100,000 for UC and is increasing at an alarming rate. Although,...