Inflammatory bowel disease in the Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-540

  Khawaja, Azhar Q ^a   Sawan, Ali S ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67149133198     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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