Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Italy

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-507

  Cottone, M ^a   Martorana, G ^a   Di Mitri, R ^a   Gamma C ^a   Caprilli, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ITALY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032870098     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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