Pharmacotherapy of Gastrointestinal Inflammation

In recent years, the area of pharmacotherapy of GI inflammation has witnessed important progress, with new drugs and therapeutic approaches being introduced. The volume reviews the pharmacotherapy of selected gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions chosen on the basis of their clinical importance and/or the areas where important and exciting progress has been made recently. Besides discussing current pharmacotherapy to treat the most important GI inflammation conditions, the book also indicates possible future therapeutic avenues likely to become available in a few years.
The book is of interest to various sectors of the scientific community ranging from clinicians to pharmacologists and from biochemists to microbiologists, who will find it a useful tool for their clinical practice and research activity.

Sommario

From the contents:

Pharmacotherapy of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis.
- Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory Bowel Disease: novel therapeutic approaches.
- Current and future therapy of chronic hepatitis.
- Treatment and prevention of antibiotic associated colitis.
- Nitric oxide-donating aspirins spare the gastrointestinal (GI) system and improve the treatment of inflammation related GI and cardiovascular pathologies.
- Oral tolerance for treatment of GI inflammation.

Riassunto

In recent years, the area of pharmacotherapy of GI inflammation has witnessed important progress, with new drugs and therapeutic approaches being introduced. The volume reviews the pharmacotherapy of selected gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions chosen on the basis of their clinical importance and/or the areas where important and exciting progress has been made recently. Besides discussing current pharmacotherapy to treat the most important GI inflammation conditions, the book also indicates possible future therapeutic avenues likely to become available in a few years.


The book is of interest to various sectors of the scientific community ranging from clinicians to pharmacologists and from biochemists to microbiologists, who will find it a useful tool for their clinical practice and research activity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: A. Guglietta (Editore), Antoni Guglietta (Editore), Antonio Guglietta (Editore), Antonio Gugliotta (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Basel
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.12.2003
• EAN: 9783764369101
• ISBN: 978-3-7643-6910-1
• Pagine: 146
• Peso: 550 g
• Illustrazioni: X, 146 p.
• Serie: Progress in Inflammation Research; Progress in Inflammation Research (PIR); Progress in Inflammation Research; Progress in Inflammation Research (PIR)
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Farmacia; B, Research, Medicine, Zellbiologie (Zytologie), Immunologie, Immunology, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, Gastrointestinale und kolorektale Chirurgie, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Gastroenterology, Pharmacology, Medical microbiology & virology, Proctology, Health Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Medical Microbiology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology/Toxicology