Background Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with an estimated 150
000 patients in Germany alone. Methods This review is based on publications about current …

The human intestinal microbiota, establishing a symbiotic relationship with the host, plays a
significant role for human health. It is also well known that a disease status is frequently …

Background: The contemporary management of ambulatory ulcerative colitis (UC) continues
to be challenging with∼ 20% of children needing a colectomy within childhood years. We …

In the West, the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases has increased in
the past 50 years, up to 8–14/100,000 and 120–200/100,000 persons, respectively, for …

Background Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are complex disorders with some shared
and many unique predisposing genes. Accurate phenotype classification is essential in …

Methods: These guidelines are a joint effort of the European Crohn's and Colitis
Organization (ECCO) and the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology …

Methods: A group of 27 experts in pediatric IBD participated in an iterative consensus
process including 2 face-to-face meetings, following an open call to ESPGHAN and ECCO …

OBJECTIVES: Several probiotic compounds have shown promise in the therapy of
ulcerative colitis (UC). However, a strong sustained benefit remains to be seen. Uncontrolled …

Background We evaluated the psychometric performance of the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
Activity Index (PUCAI) in a real-life cohort from the Pediatric IBD Collaborative Research …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents with disabling symptoms and may lead to
insufficient growth and late pubertal development in cases of disease onset during …