title: Pulmonary involvement and allergic disorders in inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been associated with either clinical or subclinical airway and parenchymal lung involvement and interstitial lung complications. Several studies have reported that atopy has a high prevalence in IBD patients. Overlapping allergic disorders seem to be present in both the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. The purpose of this review is to update clinicians on recent available literature and to discuss the need for a highly suspicious approach by clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine & Thoracic Medicine, Medical School University of Crete, Crete 71110, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Tzanakis
authors.forename: Ioanna G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Tsiligianni
authors.forename: Nikolaos M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Siafakas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors