Presentation and disease course in early- compared to later-onset pediatric Crohn's disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2092-2098

  Gupta, Neera ^a   Bostrom, Alan G ^b   Kirschner, Barbara S ^c   Cohen, Stanley A ^d,g   Abramson, Oren ^e   Ferry, George D ^f   Gold, Benjamin D ^d,g   Winter, Harland S ^h   Baldassano, Robert N ⁱ   Smith, Terry ^f   Heyman, Melvin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Children's Center for Digestive Health Care   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BALSALAZIDE; BUDESONIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OLSALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERIANAL FISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49349111188     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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