Inflammatory bowel disease in children, an evolving problem in Kuwait

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 323-327

  Al Qabandi, Wafaa ^a   Buhamrah, Eman ^b   Hamadi, Khaled ^b   Al Osaimi, Suad ^b   Al Ruwayeh, Ahlam ^b   Madda, Johnpatrick ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Crohn's disease; inflammatory bowel disease; Kuwait; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SKIN DEFECT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; KUWAIT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80052872716     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.84487     Document Type: Article

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