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Crohn's disease

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A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic inflammation involving all layers of the intestinal wall, noncaseating granulomas affecting the intestinal wall and regional lymph nodes, and transmural fibrosis. Crohn disease most commonly involves the terminal ileum; the colon is the second most common site of involvement. [ ]

Term info

Label

Crohn's disease

Synonyms
  • CROHN DIS
  • CROHNS DIS
  • Colitis, Granulomatous
  • Crohn Disease
  • Crohn disease
  • Crohn's associated gastritis
  • Crohn's disease
  • Crohn's disease of colon
  • Crohn's disease of large bowel
  • Crohns Disease
  • Enteritis, Granulomatous
  • Enteritis, Regional
  • Gastritis Associated with Crohn Disease
  • Gastritis Associated with Crohn's Disease
  • Ileitis, Regional
  • Ileitis, Terminal
  • Ileocolitis
  • granulomatous colitis
  • pediatric Crohn's disease
  • regional enteritis
database cross reference
exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/7620006, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2965, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8778, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/CN043071, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_206

gwas trait

true

id

EFO:0000384

term editor

Tomasz Adamusiak, James Malone