Open AccessEpidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in India: The Great Shift East
Author(s) -
Saurabh Kedia,
Vineet Ahuja
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000465522
Subject(s) - epidemiology , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , medicine , incidence (geometry) , crohn's disease , immunology , physics , optics
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), once considered to be a Western disease, is increasingly being reported from India and other Asian countries. The present review summarizes epidemiology and disease characteristics of IBD in India with reference to other Asian countries and the West.
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