Does inflammatory bowel disease develop in infants?

MD Kappelman, RJ Grand - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), collectively known as inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), are chronic, idiopathic, destructive disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD …

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: highlighting pediatric differences in IBD

CG Sauer, S Kugathasan - Medical Clinics, 2010 - medical.theclinics.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC),
and is often diagnosed in late childhood and early adulthood. IBD is thought to develop as a …

Epidemiology in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

S Koletzko - Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2009 - karger.com
The peak incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) composed of Crohn's disease (CD)
and ulcerative colitis (UC) occurs in patients between the ages of 15 and 25 years; however …

Inflammatory bowel disease in children 5 years of age and younger

P Mamula, GW Telega, JE Markowitz… - Official journal of the …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Clinicians are becoming increasingly aware that inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) can affect all age groups, although it has not been well described in infants and young …

A collaborative effort to define the epidemiology of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: What can we learn from children with early-onset disease?

MS Moyer - The Journal of Pediatrics, 2005 - jpeds.com
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in general—and Crohn disease (CD)
specifically—has increased over the past two decades in both children and adults. 1-3 …

Controversies in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

MB Cohen, E Seidman, H Winter… - Inflammatory Bowel …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis occur frequently in the pediatric age group, with a
peak incidence in the second decade of life. Approximately 25% of patients with these …

Specificities of inflammatory bowel disease in childhood

AM Griffiths - Best practice & research Clinical gastroenterology, 2004 - Elsevier
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 …

Rising incidence of inflammatory bowel disease among children: a 12-year study

HM Malaty, X Fan, AR Opekun… - Journal of pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Data suggest an increase in the incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD). We examined the trend of the incidence of IBD in children. Patients and …

Inflammatory bowel disease: the difference between children and adults

J Kelsen, RN Baldassano - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of diseases that include Crohn's disease (CD)
and ulcerative colitis (UC). Presenting symptoms and therapeutic options are similar in adult …

Children with early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): analysis of a pediatric IBD consortium registry

MB Heyman, BS Kirschner, BD Gold, G Ferry… - The Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young
patients. STUDY DESIGN: Uniform data were collected from a cohort of patients with IBD …