Childhood inflammatory bowel disease in Libya: Epidemiological and clinical features

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Ahmaida, A I ^a   Al Shaikhi, S A ^b  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Al Fateh Children's Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Indeterminate colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Juvenile onset inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENEMA; HEMOGLOBIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 74749083632     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4176/081210     Document Type: Article

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