Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Finnish children, 1987-2003

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-683

  Turunen, Pieta ^a   Kolho, Kaija Leena ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^a   Iltanen, Sari ^c   Huhtala, Heini ^a   Ashorn, Merja ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Crohn's disease; Incidence; Indeterminate colitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDETERMINATE COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 33747397951     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200608000-00002     Document Type: Article

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