Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in two districts of Sri Lanka: A hospital based survey

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Niriella, Madunil A ^a   De Silva, Arjuna P ^a,b   Dayaratne, Asangi H G K ^b   Ariyasinghe, Madurangi H A D P ^b   Navarathne, Metthanandha M N ^c   Peiris, Ranjith S K ^d   Samarasekara, D N ^e   Satharasinghe, Raveendra L ^f   Rajindrajith, Sharman ^a,b   Dassanayake, Anuradha S ^a,b   Wickramasinghe, A R ^b   de Silva, H J ^a,b  

^a University Medical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTERITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCTITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SRI LANKA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954695965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-32     Document Type: Article

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