The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in a rural region of Southern Germany: A prospective population-based study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 917-923

  Ott, Claudia ^a   Obermeier, Florian ^a   Thieler, Sabine ^a   Kemptner, Daniela ^a   Bauer, Alexandra ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Rogler, Gerhard ^c   Timmer, Antje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Population based cohort; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149289964     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f97b33     Document Type: Article

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