Familial clustering of Crohn's disease in Israel: Prevalence and association with disease severity

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Ben Horin, Shomron ^a   Avidan, Benjamin ^a   Yanai, Henit ^a   Lang, Alon ^a   Chowers, Yehuda ^a   Bar Meir, Simon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inheritance; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SIBLING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67649708633     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20740     Document Type: Article

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