Challenges in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

A Bousvaros, F Sylvester, S Kugathasan… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
It is estimated that of the> 1 million individuals in the United States with inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD),≈ ︁100, 000 are children. IBD that begins in childhood affects the individual …

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 …

Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents

MJ Rosen, A Dhawan, SA Saeed - JAMA pediatrics, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, are
chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract most often diagnosed in …

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: what children can teach adults

L Hait, A Bousvaros, R Grand - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Over the past 50 years, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become 1 of the major
chronic gastrointestinal (GI) diseases among children and adolescents in the westernized …

Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

MA Conrad, JR Rosh - Pediatric Clinics, 2017 - pediatric.theclinics.com
IBD is a chronic immune-mediated condition of the GI tract in which the goal of treatment is
to induce and maintain durable remission. Although classically divided into Crohn disease …

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 …

Inflammatory bowel diseases in pediatric and adolescent patients: clinical, therapeutic, and psychosocial considerations

SC Kim, GD Ferry - Gastroenterology, 2004 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) primarily affect young
adults, but in 15%–25% of cases, the initial disease starts in childhood. Many aspects of …

Etiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease: the importance of the pediatric perspective

M Oliva-Hemker, C Fiocchi - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is now recognized as a common chronic disease affecting
children and adolescents. This article will review recent advances made in the fields of …

Inflammatory bowel disease in early childhood and adolescence: special considerations

P Mamula, JE Markowitz… - Gastroenterology …, 2003 - gastro.theclinics.com
The similarities between adult and pediatric patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) are obvious and numerous. In this article the authors describe some of the IBD …

Inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric and adolescent patients

RN Baldassano, DA Piccoli - Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1999 - Elsevier
Once considered rare in pedatric practice, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is now
being recognized with increasing frequency in children of all ages. In fact, 25% to 30% of all …