Sex-specific risks for pediatric onset among patients with Crohn's disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-309

  Montgomery, Scott M ^a   Wakefield, Andrew J ^b   Ekbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING;

EID: 0141989856     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(03)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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