Increasing Incidences of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Decreasing Surgery Rates in Copenhagen City and County, 2003–2005: A Population-Based Study from the Danish Crohn Colitis Database

Vind, Ida; Riis, Lene; Jess, Tine; Knudsen, Elisabeth; Pedersen, Natalia; Elkjær, Margarita; Bak Andersen, Inger; Wewer, Vibeke; Nørregaard, Peter; Moesgaard, F; Bendtsen, Flemming; Munkholm, Pia

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00552.x

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Increasing Incidences of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Decreasing Surgery Rates in Copenhagen City and County, 2003–2005: A Population-Based Study from the Danish Crohn Colitis Database

Published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology • Apr 29, 2006

Authors:

Ida Vind

Lene Riis

Tine Jess

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: A continuous increase in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and indeterminate colitis (IC) has been suggested. Since Denmark provides excellent conditions for epidemiological research, we aimed to describe contemporary IBD in...

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Medicine

Ulcerative colitis

Incidence (geometry)

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