High incidence of Crohn's disease in Canterbury, New Zealand: Results of an epidemiologic study

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 936-943

  Gearry, Richard B ^a,b   Richardson, Ann ^a   Frampton, Christopher M A ^a   Collett, Judith A ^b   Burt, Michael J ^b   Chapman, Bruce A ^b   Barclay, Murray L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Inflammatory bowel disease; New Zealand; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33749316892     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mib.0000231572.88806.b9     Document Type: Article

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