Demography and clinical course of ulcerative colitis in a multiracial Asian population: A nationwide study from Malaysia

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Hilmi, Ida ^a,h   Singh, R ^b   Ganesananthan, S ^b   Yatim, I ^c   Radzi, M ^c   Chua, A B S ^d   Tan, H J ^e   Huang, S ^f   Chin, K S ^g   Menon, J ^g   Goh, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c Alor Setar Medical Assistant College   (Malaysia)

^d Ipoh Gastroenterology Center   (Malaysia)

^e Sunway Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^f University of Malaysia Sarawak   (Malaysia)

^g Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; Epidemiology; Multiracial; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; ASIAN; CHINESE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING COLON; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISCLERITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIGMOID; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TRANSVERSE COLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349106887     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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