An Evidence-Based Systematic Review on Medical Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The article discusses the medical therapies for ulcerative ulcer (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) which are named as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It mentions the difference of the inflammatory response characteristics wherein CD is associated with granulomas and causes transmural inflammation while UC is confined to mucosa. It adds the epidemiology studies related to IBD from geographic regions such as the Western countries where the rate of IBD existence is the highest.