Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease is rising and abdominal tuberculosis is falling in Bangladeshis in East London, United Kingdom

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1749-1755

  Tsironi, Eftychia ^a   Feakins, Roger M ^a   Roberts, Chris S J ^a   Rampton, David S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROHN DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 4544377186     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.30445.x     Document Type: Article

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