Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in kaunas region, lithuania

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 431-435

  Kiudelis, Gediminas ^a   Jonaitis, Laimas ^a   Adamonis, Kestutis ^a   Žvirbliene, Aida ^a   Tamelis, Algimantas ^a   Kregždyte, Rima ^a   Kučinskiene, Ruta ^a   Šventoraityte, Jurgita ^a   Kupčinskas, Limas ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872515474     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48080064     Document Type: Article

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