CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Background The differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) between Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) is important for designing an effective therapeutic regimen. However, without any adequate gold standard method for differential diagnosis currently, therapeutic design remains a major challenge in clinical pract...
This edition contemplates two articles about different aspects on Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection: the daily medical practice challenges on its management and the search for comprehension of still obscure points among functional interaction of the infection and human immune system, on the development of gastroduodenal diseases.