| Trait Label: | Crohn's Disease |
| MeSH ID: | D003424 |
| Ontology ID: | EFO:0000384 |
| MeSH Type: | Digestive System Diseases |
| Synonyms: | Crohn's Disease; Crohns Disease; Crohn's Enteritis; Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1; Regional Enteritis; Ileocolitis; Ileitis, Terminal; Terminal Ileitis; Ileitis, Regional; Regional Ileitides; Regional Ileitis; Enteritis, Granulomatous; Granulomatous Enteritis; Enteritis, Regional; Colitis, Granulomatous; Granulomatous Colitis |
| Description: | A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. |
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