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Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among South Asians Living in British Columbia, Canada: A Distinct Clinical Phenotype.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Feb 2016
Carroll Matthew W, Hamilton Zachary, Gill Hira, Simkin Jonathan, Smyth Matthew, Espinosa Victor, Bressler Brian, Jacobson Kevan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) incidence is increasing among low-risk populations. This study examined a cohort of Canadian South Asian (SA) children with IBD to determine if their disease course differed from non-SA (NSA) children. METHODS: Children of SA ethnicity diagnosed with IBD between 1997 and 2012 were identified and compared with NSA children. Data on duration and the type of presenting...
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