| | Disease Ontology | MeSH |
| Disease ID: | DOID:8778 | D003424 |
| Disease Name: | Crohn's disease | Crohn Disease |
| Category: | Disease Ontology | MeSH |
| Type: | | Digestive System Diseases |
| Define: | An intestinal disease that involves inflammation located_in intestine. | A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. |
| Alias: | Crohn disease//Crohn's disease of colon//Crohn's disease of large bowel//Granulomatous Colitis//Pediatric Crohn's disease | Crohn Disease//Crohn's Enteritis//Regional Enteritis//Crohn's Disease//Crohns Disease//Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1//Enteritis, Granulomatous//Granulomatous Enteritis//Enteritis, Regional//Ileocolitis//Colitis, Granulomatous//Granulomatous Colitis//Ileitis, Terminal//Terminal Ileitis//Ileitis, Regional//Regional Ileitides//Regional Ileitis |
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