Inflammatory bowel diseases
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Inflamm. Bowel Dis. · Sep 2010
High incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Australia: a prospective population-based Australian incidence study.
To date, there have been no population-based epidemiological studies published from Australia concerning the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our hypothesis was that the incidence of IBD in Australia is at least as high as other industrialized countries, given similar genetic and environmental risk factors. ⋯ This is the first prospective, Australian population-based IBD incidence study. The incidence rates are among the highest reported in the literature of IBD.