Emerging Issues in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface SECTION I: ASIA - THE NEW FRONTIER FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.- 1 Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence and prevalence across Asia.- 2 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asia: a comparison of phenotype and genotype with Western IBD.- 3 Inflammatory bowel disease in Asia: response to therapy.- 4 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Pathogenesis - why is inflammatory bowel disease increasing in Asia?.- SECTION II: DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN ASIA.- 5 Gastrointestinal tuberculosis versus Crohn's disease.- 6 Diagnostic challenges in Asia: intestinal Behçet’s disease.- 7 Serodiagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease.- 8 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Anti-MAP therapy for Crohn's disease - saviour or non-event?.- SECTION III: KEY ISSUES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF CROHN'S DISEASE.- 9 The search for an infectious cause of Crohn's disease.- 10 Disturbances in microbiota - cause or effect?.- 11 The role of defensins.- 12 Emerging issues in Crohn's disease: the central role of the macrophage.- 13 Connective tissue responses.- 14 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Genetics of Crohn's disease: lessons from an impaired barrier.- SECTION IV: INVESTIGATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT - EXPANDING THE HORIZONS .- 15 Faecal testing in inflammatory bowel disease.- 16 Magnetic resonance imaging in inflammatory bowel disease.- 17 The small bowel - capsule endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease.- SECTION V: THE BASICS ON HOW-TO-TREAT INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.- 18 Mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis.- 19 The management of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.- 20 Medical therapy of small bowel Crohn's disease.- 21 The basics - how to treat perianal Crohn's disease.- SECTION VI: THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES IN ASIA.- 22 Application and evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine in inflammatory bowel disease.- 23 Immunosuppression in an endemically infected environment: tuberculosis.- 24 Therapeutic challenges in Asia:hepatitis B and C.- 25 Can Asia afford new and emerging therapies in inflammatory bowel disease?.- 26 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - can the East learn from mistakes of the West.- SECTION VII: MAKING SENSE OF EMERGING THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS.- 27 Are biological drugs effective enough?.- 28 Are biologicals safe enough?.- 29 Step-up or step-down therapy in Crohn's disease?.- 30 New therapy for inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy.- 31 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Irritable bowel syndrome: the new inflammatory bowel disease?.- SECTION VIII: NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE - WILL THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?.- 32 Probiotics and inflammatory bowel disease.- 33 Enhancing barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease.- 34 Depleting phagocytes.- 35 Laparoscopic surgery for colitis.- Index