Inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia: A hospital-based clinical study of 312 patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-282

  Al Fadda, Mohammed ^a   Peedikayil, Musthafa Chalikandy ^a   Kagevi, Ingvar ^a   Al Kahtani, Khalid ^a   Al Ben Mousa, Ali ^a   Al Ashgar, Hamad Ibrahim ^a   Al Sohaibani, Fahad ^a   Al Quaiz, Mohammed ^a   Abdulla, Maheeba ^a   Khan, Mohammed Qaseem ^a   Helmy, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLIXIMAB; SALICYLIC ACID;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84865478913     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.276     Document Type: Review

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