Open AccessSmoking increases the risk of extraintestinal manifestations in Crohn's disease
Author(s) -
Claudia Ott
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i34.12269
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , crohn's disease , inflammatory bowel disease , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , population , disease , relative risk , cohort , cohort study , gastroenterology , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , optics
To demonstrate a high prevalence of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) in a prospective population-based cohort of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients at first diagnosis as well as during the early course of the disease.