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Despite extensive investigation, the pathophysiology of human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains incompletely understood. We examined the existence of oxidative and nitrosative stress and also alterations in epidermal growth factor (EGF) secretion in saliva of IBD patients. Saliva samples were obtained from 30 nonsmoking IBD patients including 16 Crohn’s disease (CD) patients and 16 ulcerative...