Is the north to south gradient in inflammatory bowel disease a global phenomenon?

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-447

  Schultz, Michael ^a   Butt, A Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; epidemiology; incidence; inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; LIFESTYLE; NORTH SOUTH GRADIENT; PATHOGENESIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

EID: 84865759374     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: 17474132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.12.31     Document Type: Review

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