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Rapid rise in incidence of Irish paediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Jul 2012
Hope B, Shahdadpuri R, Dunne C, Broderick A M, Grant T, Hamzawi M, O'Driscoll K, Quinn S, Hussey S, Bourke B
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AIMS: To describe the change in incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) observed at the National Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and to determine whether the presenting disease phenotype and disease outcomes have changed during the past decade. METHODS: The annual incidence of IBD in Irish children aged <16 years was calculated for the years 2000-2010. Two...
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