Review: Current trends in inflammatory bowel disease: the natural history

• Published in: Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 77 - 86
• Main Author: Langholz, Ebbe
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2010; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: mortality; epidemiology; colorectal cancer; disease course; prognosis; inflammatory bowel disease

The description of the prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is based on systematic follow-up of population-based cohorts. A steady increase in incidence of IBD has occurred. The distribution of ulcerative colitis (UC) is fairly uniform with a preponderance of left-sided disease. One-third o...