Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's Disease have similarities and Crohn's patients tend to respond well to treatments for intestinal TB.

BBC: Crohn's Disease

Osiris Therapeutics of Baltimore has several trials under way using adult stem cells to treat the intestinal inflammation known as Crohn's disease, repair damaged tissue following a heart attack and prevent the progression of arthritis.

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This may be due to surgery to your stomach or small intestine (such as gastric bypass surgery), abnormal bacterial growth in your small intestine, or an intestinal disease, such as Crohn's disease or celiac disease, that interferes with absorption of the vitamin.

CNN: Vitamin deficiency anemia

In 1999 Isis' (nasdaq: ISIS - news - people ) long-awaited drug for Crohn's disease, a severe intestinal disorder, failed to outperform a sugar pill in a pivotal test with 300 patients.

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