Prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 659-665

  Asakura, Keiko ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Inoue, Nagamu ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a   Watanabe, Mamoru ^b   Takebayashi, Toru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Japan; Prevalence; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68149107759     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0057-3     Document Type: Article

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