Chronic inflammatory bowel disease in Asian immigrants.
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease occurs sporadically among the immigrant Asian population in Britain, but information about the incidence and clinical features is lacking. We therefore report our experience of 13 patients seen in a gastrointestinal unit in Birmingham over the past 12 years.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D006113:United Kingdom