Incidence and prevalence of Crohn's disease and its etiological influences

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-167

  Economou, Michael ^a,b   Zambeli, E ^a   Michopoulos, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Etiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MICROFLORA; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 67651083764     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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