Incidence and initial disease course of inflammatory bowel diseases in 2011 in Europe and Australia: results of the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort.

Z Vegh; J Burisch; N Pedersen; I Kaimakliotis; D Duricova; M Bortlik; S Avnstrøm; K Kofod Vinding; J Olsen; KR Nielsen; KH Katsanos; EV Tsianos; L Lakatos; D Schwartz; S Odes; G Lupinacci; A De Padova; L Jonaitis; L Kupcinskas; S Turcan; O Tighineanu; I Mihu; LF Barros; F Magro; D Lazar; A Goldis; A Fernandez; V Hernandez; O Niewiadomski; S Bell; E Langholz; P Munkholm; PL Lakatos; EpiCom-group

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Incidence and initial disease course of inflammatory bowel diseases in 2011 in Europe and Australia: results of the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort.

Z Vegh, J Burisch, N Pedersen, I Kaimakliotis, D Duricova, M Bortlik, S Avnstrøm, K Kofod Vinding, J Olsen, KR Nielsen, KH Katsanos, EV Tsianos, L Lakatos, D Schwartz, S Odes, G Lupinacci, A De Padova, L Jonaitis, L Kupcinskas, S Turcan Show all

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.06.004

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The aim of the present study was to validate the IBD (inflammatory bowel diseases) incidence reported in the 2010 ECCO-EpiCom (European Crohn's and Colitis Organization-Epidemiological Committee) inception cohort by including a second independent inception cohort from participating centers in 2011 and an Australian center to investigate whether there is a difference in the incidence of IBD between Eastern and Western European countries and Australia. METHODS: Fourteen centers from 5 Eastern and 9 Western European countries and one center from Australia participated in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort. Patients' data regarding disease type, socio-demographic factors,..

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