Evidence for Life Before Inflammatory Bowel Disease Joana Torres, MD, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 825-828 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.03.006 Copyright © 2016 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Proposed phases in the evolution of IBD from health to disease. Intervening (dashed arrow) in the preclinical period of disease could truly represent a window of opportunity to reverse or halt the autoinflammatory process and immune dysregulated pathways from progressing into overt disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2016 14, 825-828DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2016.03.006) Copyright © 2016 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions