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Epidemiology of intrafamilial inflammatory bowel disease throughout Europe

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Epidemiology of intrafamilial inflammatory bowel disease throughout Europe (EN)
Crespo, Javier
Arias Loste, María Teresa
Castro, Beatriz
Rivero, Montserrat
The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have distinctly changed overthe past decades throughout Europe. From former North-South and West-East risk gradients,nowadays, classic high-risk areas for IBD in North and West present more stable incidenceswhereas in formerly low-risk zones the incidence is rising. These changes cannot be explainedby genetic modifications in IBD patients' background, which draws attention to the possibleexistence of potent environmental factors triggering this epidemiologic shift. Important lessonscan be drawn from different European population-based studies assessing the influenceof environmental factors in familial IBD that may impact on the outcome of the disease andthe management of the patients and their relatives.Keywords inflammatory bowel disease, epidemiology, familial aggregation, environmentalfactorsAnn Gastroenterol 2012; 25 (3): 188-192 (EN)
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Annals of Gastroenterology
Invited Reviews
English
2012-06-22
http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/1147
Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)
1792-7463
1108-7471
Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 25, No 3 (2012); 188 (EN)



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