Ebook: Pharmacotherapy of Gastrointestinal Inflammation
- Tags: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Medical Microbiology, Gastroenterology, Proctology, Cell Biology, Immunology
- Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In recent years, the area of pharmacotherapy of GI inflammation has witnessed important progress, with new drugs and therapeutic approaches being introduced. The volume reviews the pharmacotherapy of selected gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions chosen on the basis of their clinical importance and/or the areas where important and exciting progress has been made recently. Besides discussing current pharmacotherapy to treat the most important GI inflammation conditions, the book also indicates possible future therapeutic avenues likely to become available in a few years.
The book is of interest to various sectors of the scientific community ranging from clinicians to pharmacologists and from biochemists to microbiologists, who will find it a useful tool for their clinical practice and research activity.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Pharmacotherapy of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis....Pages 1-16
Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease: Novel therapeutic approaches....Pages 17-49
Current and future therapy of chronic hepatitis....Pages 51-75
Treatment and prevention of antibiotic-associated colitis....Pages 77-92
Nitric oxide-donating aspirins spare the gastrointestinal (GI) system and improve the treatment of inflammation-related GI and cardiovascular pathologies....Pages 93-108
Oral tolerance for treatment of GI inflammation....Pages 109-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-146
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Pharmacotherapy of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis....Pages 1-16
Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease: Novel therapeutic approaches....Pages 17-49
Current and future therapy of chronic hepatitis....Pages 51-75
Treatment and prevention of antibiotic-associated colitis....Pages 77-92
Nitric oxide-donating aspirins spare the gastrointestinal (GI) system and improve the treatment of inflammation-related GI and cardiovascular pathologies....Pages 93-108
Oral tolerance for treatment of GI inflammation....Pages 109-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-146
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