Incidence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in Danish children: Still rising or levelling out?

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Jakobsen, Christian ^a   Wewer, Vibeke ^a   Urne, Frederikke ^a   Andersen, Jesper ^b   Faerk, Jan ^c   Kramer, Iza ^d   Stagegaard, Bent ^e   Pilgaard, Bente ^f   Weile, Birgitte ^g   Paerregaard, Anders ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Epidemiology; Genetics; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 43449125263     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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