Time trends in the incidence and disease location of Crohn's disease 1980-1995: A prospective analysis in an urban population in Germany

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Timmer, Antje ^a,b   Breuer Katschinski, Bettina ^a   Goebell, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Crohn's disease; Disease location; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SIGMOID; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLON, SIGMOID; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033125826     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-199905000-00002     Document Type: Review

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