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| Title: Relative incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in six Melbourne hospitals. | ||||
| Title Abreviation: Med J Aust | Date of Pub: 1987 May 18 | |||
| Author: McDermott FT; Whelan G; St John DJ; Barnes GL; Elliott R; Herrmann R; Schmidt GT; Smallwood RA; | ||||
| Issue/Part/Supplement: 10 | Volume Issue: 146 | Pagination: 525, 528-9 | ||
| MESH Headings: Adolescence; Adult; Australia; Child; Colitis, Ulcerative (*EP); Comparative Study; Crohn Disease (*EP); Female; Hospitals, Teaching; Human; Male; Prospective Studies; -AA-; | ||||
| Journal Title Code: M26 | Publication Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE | |||
| Date of Entry: 870622N | Entry Month: 8708 | |||
| Country: AUSTRALIA | Index Priority: 1 | |||
| Language: Eng | Unique Identifier: 87201187 | |||
| Unique Identifier: 87201187 | ISSN: 0025-729X | |||
| Abstract: Information on the relative incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis was obtained by a prospective investigation at six Melbourne teaching hospitals. One hundred and eleven patients who presented with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases between 1980-1981 were admitted to the study. Forty (36%) patients were diagnosed as having Crohn's disease and 63 (57%) patients as having ulcerative colitis. The type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease could not be determined in eight (7%) patients. These findings suggest that the relative frequency of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Melbourne hospitals is within the range that is reported for northern Europe and the United States. | ||||
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