Search for notes by fellow students, in your own course and all over the country.

Browse our notes for titles which look like what you need, you can preview any of the notes via a sample of the contents. After you're happy these are the notes you're after simply pop them into your shopping cart.

My Basket

RESPIRATION A-LEVEL NOTES£2.00

Cells£2.00

Science - Evolution £2.00

Anatomy£7.50

Total£13.50

Title: Crohn Disease
Description: what is crohn disease, the causes

Document Preview

Extracts from the notes are below, to see the PDF you'll receive please use the links above


Crohn`s disease
What it is?
Crohn`s disease is a `condition that is caused by the inflammation of the lining of the
digestive system`
...
UK, 2014)
“The causes of Crohn`s disease is unknown”
...
Some of
these factors are:
Genetic – Sometimes people can get Crohn`s disease if they have a family history of
that disease
...

There is evidence shown that genetics plays a role of developing crohn`s disease
...
Also, there is evidence of
Crohn`s disease being run in families through genes
...

Ethnic background is also a risk factor
...

Also there is high risk of developing in crohn’s disease in the Jews amongst other
ethical backgrounds, this could be due to family history
...

According to Dr, Theodore Stein clarifies that:



There is 5 to 20 percentage of chance of children developing this disease
from parents who have this crohn`s disease
...


Dr Miles Parkes is gastroenterology consultant in Cambridge who says that:


Crohn disease runs in families
...




Number of young people diagnosed has increased over the few years
...




Mutations in a gene called NOD2 / CARD15 tend to occur frequently in
people with crohn`s disease


Title: Crohn Disease
Description: what is crohn disease, the causes