Open AccessEmerging inflammatory bowel disease in saudi outpatients: A report of 693 cases
Author(s) -
Mohammad A Al-Mofarreh,
Ibrahim Al-Mofleh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.105915
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , incidence (geometry) , etiology , epidemiology , disease , cohort , crohn's disease , medical record , pediatrics , physics , optics
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of unknown etiology and considered traditionally as a disease of the western world. Recently, rising trends have been observed in countries previously known to have a low prevalence and incidence. The aim of this study is to collect epidemiological data on IBD outpatients and to add data from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the available IBD literature.