Crohns' disease Flashcards
1
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What are current research topics in IBD?
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Preclinical human IBD mechanisms, environmental triggers, use of novel technologies, precision medicine (personal), pragmatic clinical research (standardization).
2
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What is a Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI)?
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Collecting meta-data and stories from patients, analyzing trends with doctors and patients (sensemaking), and then returning the hypothesis to patients.
3
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What are mouse models of intestinal inflammation that resemble IBD?
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Spontaneous colitis, colitis by targeted mutations, exogenous agents, manipulation of the immune system, or transgenes.