title: International Falk Foundation 164th Falk Symposium.
abstract: The 164th Falk Symposium was organized in Budapest, Hungary for May 2-3, 2008. The symposium was entitled 'Intestinal Disorders', which reflected the wide range of topics discussed in plenary sessions. The scientific poster session and the live endoscopic demonstration enriched the program of the symposium. Lectures and posters were presented at the Budapest Congress and World Trade Centre, while endoscopic examinations were performed in the Endoscopic Unit of the scientific organizer, the 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine. The international organizing committee (President: Zsolt Tulassay, Budapest, Hungary; Members: Petr Dite, Brno, Czech Republic; Guenter J Kreis, Graz, Austria; Jurgen Schölmerich, Regensburg, Germany; and Hans-Joachim Schulz, Berlin, Germany) invited 43 experts from 16 different countries.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 46, H-1088, Hungary. mihpal@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Pal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miheller
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy