Inflammatory bowel diseases: a disease (s) of modern times? Is incidence still increasing?

Inflammatory bowel diseases: a disease (s) of modern times? Is incidence still increasing?

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are a heterogeneous group of diseases, not always easy to diagnose, even more difficult to classify, and diagnostic criteria are not always uniform. Well done population-based studies are not abundant, and so comparisons among different geographical areas or populat...

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Published in:World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 14; no. 36; pp. 5491 - 5498
Main Authors: Gismera, Cristina Saro, Aladrén, Beatriz Sicilia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Service of Digestive Diseases,Hospital de Cabueites,Gijón,Spain%Service of Digestive Diseases,Alca(n)iz Hospital,Spain 28-09-2008
The WJG Press and Baishideng
Subjects:
Epidemiologic Research Design
Humans
Incidence
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnosis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - epidemiology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - ethnology
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Time Factors
Topic Highlight
Epidemio logical
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Diagnostic criteria
Incidence
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Summary:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are a heterogeneous group of diseases, not always easy to diagnose, even more difficult to classify, and diagnostic criteria are not always uniform. Well done population-based studies are not abundant, and so comparisons among different geographical areas or populations are not always very reliable. In this article, we have reviewed epidemiological studies available on the world's population while making a critical review of published data.
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Correspondence to: Beatriz Sicilia Aladrén, Service of Digestive Diseases, Alcañiz Hospital, Dr. Repolles 2, 44600 Alcañiz, Teruel, Spain. bsicilia@salud.aragon.es
Telephone: +34-97-8830100 Fax: +34-97-8830977
Author contributions: Saro C and Sicilia B contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:1007-9327
DOI:10.3748/wjg.14.5491