Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in adults who refer to gastroenterology care in Romania: A multicentre study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1153-1159

  Gheorghe, Cristian ^a   Pascu, Oliviu ^b   Gheorghe, Liana ^a   Iacob, Razvan ^a   Dumitru, Eugen ^b   Tantau, Marcel ^b   Vadan, Roxana ^a   Goldis, Adrian ^c   Balan, Gheorghe ^d   Iacob, Speranta ^a   Dobru, Dana ^e   Saftoiu, Adrian ^f  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 8444221249     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200411000-00012     Document Type: Article

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