Prevalence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Sweden: a nationwide population-based register study

We evaluated the impact of different case definition algorithms on the prevalence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and to compare the occurrence of certain diseases compared to matched controls. Paediatric patients (

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Published in:BMC gastroenterology 2017-01, Vol.17 (1), p.23-23, Article 23
Main Authors: Ludvigsson, J F, Büsch, K, Olén, O, Askling, J, Smedby, K E, Ekbom, A, Lindberg, E, Neovius, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology
Colitis, Ulcerative - therapy
Comorbidity
Crohn Disease - epidemiology
Crohn Disease - therapy
Crohn's disease
Demographic aspects
Female
Gastroenterology
Health Services - utilization
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - epidemiology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - therapy
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Paediatrics
Pediatric gastroenterology
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Registries
Sweden
Sweden - epidemiology
Ulcerative colitis
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Summary:We evaluated the impact of different case definition algorithms on the prevalence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and to compare the occurrence of certain diseases compared to matched controls. Paediatric patients (
ISSN:1471-230X
1471-230X
DOI:10.1186/s12876-017-0578-9