title: Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents.
abstract: Twenty-five percent of the patients with inflammatory bowel disease develop symptoms within the first two decades of life. The approach to children with these chronic illnesses involves an understanding of the medical, nutritional, and psychological issues of maturing children and adolescents. Children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis have different clinical presentations than adult patients. The physician must decide when to perform diagnostic procedures and which management options will be successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Justinich
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hyams
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative; D003424:Crohn Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence