MedicineClinical SciencesInternal MedicineGastroenterologyMucosal ImmunologyColonic DisordersGastrointestinal DiseaseGastrointestinal InflammationGastrointestinal PathologyInfectious DiarrheaInflammatory Bowel DiseaseCrohn Disease PathologyEnteric InflammationInflammatory Bowel Disease Pathology
That a report of a symposium sponsored by the Skandia group in Stockholm from Sept 29 to Oct 1, 1970, should appear within a year of the event and should be so carefully edited with so few typographical errors is a remarkable achievement. The intent of the symposium, to bring together experts in the field of Crohn's disease in order to produce a reference book on the disease, has been admirably achieved from almost every standpoint. The afficionado will find material on almost every page to interest him. Pathology, pathophysiology, course and prognosis, epidemiology, almost any aspect of the disorder, are well covered. Relatively new material is also included; there is a discussion of the change in the glycine-taurine ratio of conjugated bile salts as an index of ileal disease; and the entity of acute terminal ileitis is finally put in its place as an infectious disorder with little relation