Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the western region of Saudi Arabia. A retrospective analysis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 651-653

  Hasosah, Mohammed Y ^a   Sukkar, Ghassan A ^a   Alsahafi, Ashraf F ^a   Kutbi, Suzanne Y ^a   Alzabn, Abdullah A ^a   Jacobson, Kevan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NOTE; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84879163776     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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