Incidence and early disease course of ulcerative colitis in Western Hungary between 2002–2006
L Lakatos, G David, T Pandur, Z Erdelyi, G Mester, M Balogh, I Szipocs, C Molnar, A Horvath, E Komaromi, L Kiss, P Lakatos · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2010 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Emerging incidence rates of inflammatory bowel diseases were reported in the last decade from previously low incidence areas including some Eastern European countries. A sharp increase in incidence was reported also by our group in Veszprem province, Western Hungary between 1977 and 2001. The aim of this study was to give an update report on the contemporary incidence rates of ulcerative colitis from the same area captured prospectively between the 1st of January 2002 and the 31st of December 2006. Methods and Results: The population of the province has decreased from 374,000 to 364,500 during the pe…
