BACKGROUND & AIMS: We conducted a systematic review to determine changes in the
worldwide incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) in …

Background & Aims The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is increasing in
Latin America. We performed a systematic review to identify clinical and epidemiologic …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic disease characterized by diffuse inflammation of the
mucosa of the colon and rectum. The hallmark clinical symptom of UC is bloody diarrhea …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is traditionally considered to be common in the Western
world, and its incidence has sharply increased since the early 1950s. In contrast, until the …

CONTEXT: The incidence and populational prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases,
hitherto unknown in Brazil, were estimated for a region in the Midwest of São Paulo State …

Inflammation of axial and/or peripheral joints is one of the most frequent extra-intestinal
manifestations complicating the clinical course and therapeutic approach in inflammatory …

Seventy-five years after the initial characterization of Crohn's disease (CD), much remains
obscure about its etiology. The authors sought to evaluate the incidence trends of the last 25 …

Background: Psychotherapy may be a useful intervention for inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) patients. We systematically reviewed all randomized controlled trials that have been …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease is often delayed
because of the lack of an ability to recognize its major clinical manifestations. OBJECTIVE …

Background Several case reports and series report an association between celiac disease
and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, there is no current data assessing this …