Clinical epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Arabs based on the Montreal classification

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1689-1697

  Siddique, Iqbal ^a,b   Alazmi, Waleed ^a,b   Al Ali, Jaber ^a,c   Al Fadli, Ahmad ^c   Alateeqi, Nabeel ^a   Memon, Anjum ^d   Hasan, Fuad ^a,c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab; Crohn's disease; inflammatory bowel disease; Kuwait; Montreal classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS DISEASE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL CLASSIFICATION; PERIANAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864975658     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21890     Document Type: Article

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