1. Incidence of Paediatric Stricturing Duodenal Crohn Disease: A 19-Year Population-based Cohort Study
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C Burgess, Philip Hammond, Paul Henderson, David C. Wilson, David J. Mitchell, and Peter M. Gillett
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,Adolescent ,Constriction, Pathologic ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Lethargy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Crohn Disease ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Duodenal Diseases ,Prospective cohort study ,Child ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Medical record ,Incidence ,Gastroenterology ,Scotland ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cohort ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Complication ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
OBJECTIVES Stricturing duodenal Crohn disease (CD) is a rare but serious presentation of CD causing significant morbidity. We aim to provide the first robust incidence data and case studies on this severe presentation in children. METHODS A regional cohort of prospectively acquired incident cases of paediatric CD diagnosed
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- 2019
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