Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Malta between 1993 and 2005: A retrospective study

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 550-553

  Cachia, Elaine ^a   Calleja, Neville ^a   Aakeroy, Rachel ^a   Degaetano, James ^a   Vassallo, Mario ^a  

^a St Luke's University Hospital   (Malta)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42449091078     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20321     Document Type: Article

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