%0 Journal Article
%T Comorbidity in inflammatory bowel disease
%A Antonio L¨®pez San Rom¨¢n
%A Fernando Mu£¿oz
%J World Journal of Gastroenterology
%D 2011
%I Baishideng Publishing Group Co. Limited
%R 10.3748/wjg.v17.i22.2723
%X Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be affected by other unrelated diseases. These are called comorbid conditions, and can include any secondary health problem that affects a person suffering from a primary or main disease, and which is neither linked physiopathologically to the primary condition, nor is it due to the treatments used for the primary condition or to its long-term anatomical or physiological consequences. Different comorbid conditions, as well as their influence on IBD, are discussed.
%K Comorbidity
%K Comorbid conditions
%K Crohn¡¯s disease
%K Inflammatory bowel disease
%K Ulcerative colitis
%U http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i22/2723.htm