Specificities of inflammatory bowel disease in childhood.

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In parallel with overall population trends, the incidence of paediatric ulcerative colitis (UC) has remained stable, whereas that of paediatric Crohn's disease (CD) has increased in recent decades. Still rare among preschool children, the incidence of both UC and CD rises steadily from middle childhood through adolescence. There is an unexplained preponderance of males with early-onset CD, and an equal gender...

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