Open AccessHepatobiliary manifestations in children with inflammatory bowel disease: A single-center experience in a low/middle income country
Author(s) -
Mortada El-Shabrawi,
Sara Tarek,
Maha Abou-Zekri,
Safa Meshaal,
Alshimaa Ezzat A. Enayet,
Engy A. Mogahed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2150-5349
DOI - 10.4292/wjgpt.v11.i3.48
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatology , primary sclerosing cholangitis , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , cohort , liver disease , pediatric gastroenterology , crohn's disease , disease , pediatrics , physics , optics
There has been a worldwide increase in the reported incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children over the past 2-3 decades. The hepatobiliary (HB) manifestations of IBD have been well-studied in children in industrialized and developed countries but are infrequently reported in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) such as Egypt.