Objectives: The natural history of paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is poorly
understood. We aim to describe the disease course in this cohort and generate prognostic …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses two related but distinct disorders of as yet
unknown cause. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, idiopathic, diffuse inflammation of the …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are
lifelong conditions that often begin in childhood. The implications of IBD are of particular …

The incidence and prevalence of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD),
including subtypes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, have risen dramatically in recent …

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 …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and CrohnÕs disease (CD) are chronic, idiopathic inflammatory
bowel disorders that are diagnosed commonly in the pediatric age group [55]. Most cases …

C rohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the two main types of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), have become increasingly common in A ustralasian children and adolescents …

Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in developed countries, and
children are being diagnosed at earlier ages. The impact of IBD on children and their …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic inflammatory disorders of still unknown
cause. The two dominant forms, ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, are well characterized …

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 …