Crohn’s Disease

Colm A. O’Morain is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Meath and Adelaide Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland and Senior Lecturer in Gastroenterology at Trinity College, Dublin.

1. Introduction 2. The Neutrophil in the Pathogenesis of Crohn’s Disease 3. Neutrophil Motility in Vivo 4. Neutrophil Motility in Vitro 5. Neutrophil Phagocytosis 6. Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies 7. Neutrophil-Selective and Organelle Marker Enzyme Activities in Rectal Mucosa 8. Analytical Subcellular Fractionation of Organelles in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 9. Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Levels in Rectal Mucosa 10. Cr-Ethylenediaminetetraacetate Test in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 11. Elemental Diets in the Treatment of Acute Crohn’s Disease 12. Controlled Trial of an Elemental Diet in the Treatment of Acute Crohn’s Disease 13. Sulfasalazine-Induced Male Infertility in the Rat, Mouse, and Hamster 14. Sulfasalazine Inhibits Human Penetration of the Zone-Free Hamster Egg 15. Hypothesis