Inflammatory bowel disease in the Asia-Pacific area: A comparison with developed countries and regional differences

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 134-147

  Ahuja, Vineet ^a   Tandon, Rakesh K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; Crohn's disease; Ethnicity; Genetics; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CROHN DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ASIA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954114690     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2010.00429.x     Document Type: Review

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