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These sections are an automated search interface for bibliographic information and free full text in real time for a variety of topics related to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. To the right of each term you will find two icons. Clicking on the red icon gives you the latest citations and abstracts of the relevant literature generated by your search terms.  If you click on the green icon you get all the ‘freely available’ full text articles generated by your search terms. Pubmed search results are always displayed in chronological order with the most recently published articles first.

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Each bibliographic search in Pubmed generates a link to related or similar articles.  If you click on ‘Related Articles’ Pubmed carries out a new automated search based on a complex algorithm which compares words in the title, words in the abstract and assigned MeSH terms. The results are displayed and ranked by relevance (instead of chronological order) from most relevant to less relevant in comparison with the original citations.

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and related terms as defined by PubMed/MeSH

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: It is defined by PubMed/MeSH Database as "Chronic, non-specific inflammation of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Etiology may be genetic or environmental. This term includes CROHN DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS“.

Colitis, Ulcerative: It is defined by PubMed/MeSH Database as "Inflammation of the COLON that is predominantly confined to the MUCOSA.  Its major symptoms include DIARRHEA, rectal BLEEDING, the passage of MUCUS, and ABDOMINAL PAIN“.