Environmental risk factors for induction of the inflammatory bowel disease / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal chronic non-specific inflammatory disease with unknown etiolog~ including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.The risk factors associated with pathogenesis of IBD include environmental factors,genetic factors,and immune factors.Among them,the environmental factors include smoking,drugs,diet,infection and psychological factors.