Clinical epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease: Incidence, prevalence, and environmental influences
Loftus EV;;
gastroenterology2004Vol. 126pp. -
215
ev2004gastroenterologyclinical
Abstract
Although the incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are beginning to stabilize in high-incidence areas such as northern Europe and North America, they continue to rise in low-incidence areas such as southern Europe, Asia, and much of the developing world. As many as 1.4 m …