Crohn's disease patient characteristics in a tertiary referral center: Comparison with patients from a population-based cohort

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-401

  Zankel, Eike ^a,b   Rogler, Gerhard ^a   Andus, Tilo ^c   Reng, Carl Michael ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Timmer, Antje ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Parsberg Hospital   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Stuttgart Krankenhaus Bad Cannstatt   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease classification; Inflammatory bowel disease; Referral bias; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 16444373871     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200504000-00002     Document Type: Article

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