Preterm birth but not mode of delivery is associated with an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease later in life

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1385-1390

  Sonntag, Barbara ^a   Stolze, Birgit ^a   Heinecke, Achim ^a   Luegering, Andreas ^a   Heidemann, Jan ^a   Lebiedz, Pia ^a   Rijcken, Emile ^a   Kiesel, Ludwig ^a   Domschke, Wolfram ^a   Kucharzik, Torsten ^a   Maaser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal flora; Inflammatory bowel disease; Mode of delivery; Perinatal characteristics; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548808364     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20206     Document Type: Article

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