Continuing low incidence of Crohn's disease in Northwest Greece.
OBJECTIVE
The largest population-based study for inflammatory bowel disease in Northwest Greece.


METHODS
A retrospective survey for the years 1982-1997.


RESULTS
Of 400 patients, 334 had ulcerative colitis, 43 Crohn's disease and 23 indeterminate colitis.


CONCLUSIONS
Crohn's disease still remains rare in Northwest Greece.
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece. etsianos@cc.uoi.gr
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Tsianos
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Katsanos
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Christodoulou
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Dimoliatis
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Kogevinas
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Logan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000453:epidemiology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged