Sixty-year study of incidence of childhood ulcerative colitis finds eleven-fold increase beginning in 1990s

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Schildkraut, Vered ^a,b   Alex, George ^a,b   Cameron, Donald J S ^a,b,c,d   Hardikar, Winita ^a,c,e   Lipschitz, Barry ^b,d,f   Oliver, Mark R ^a,b,f   Simpson, Dianne M ^a   Catto Smith, Anthony G ^a,c,f,g  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Monash Children's Southern Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Epidemiology; Growth; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BARIUM ENEMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873744046     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22997     Document Type: Review

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