Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australasian Children and Adolescents

Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. This review focuses upon the available data of the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents in Australia a...

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Published inGastroenterology research and practice Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Day, Andrew Stewart, Lemberg, Daniel A., Gearry, R. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2014
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
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Forecasts and trends
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Pediatric diseases
Review
Australia
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Summary:Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. This review focuses upon the available data of the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents in Australia and New Zealand (collectively termed Australasia). Recent data show high incidence of IBD (especially Crohn disease) in this area and indicate rising rates of IBD in children and adolescents.
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Academic Editor: Marco Gasparetto
ISSN:1687-6121
1687-630X
DOI:10.1155/2014/703890