[Incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases in children in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region].
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in French children is not known. Therefore we conducted a prospective epidemiologic study of IBD in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais (3.9 millions inhabitants). During the first 17 months of the study each new suspected case was reported by all (private and public) gastroenterologists in the region (n = 104) and a questionnaire was filled up at the gastroenterologist office by an epidemiologist. The final diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) or proctitis was made in a blind manner by two expert gastroenterologists. During the period under study, 47 new cases of IBD were registered in children (less than 17 years of age); 31 (66%) had CD, 7 (15%) had UC, and 9 (19%) had unclassified colitis. The incidence was 2.07/100,000 children/year for CD and 0.46/100,000 children/year for UC. These preliminary data suggest that the incidence of CD is high in Northern France.
Gottrand
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F
Service de Pédiatrie, Gastroentérologie Pédiatrique et Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Huriez, Lille.
Colombel
J F
JF
Moreno
L
L
Salomez
J L
JL
Farriaux
J P
JP
Cortot
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003092:Colitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000453:epidemiology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D011349:Proctitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies