title: Elderly Adults with Late-Onset Ulcerative Colitis Tend to Have Atypical, Milder Initial Clinical Presentations but Higher Surgical Rates and Mortality: A Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Study.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Wei-Chen
authors: WC
authors: Lin
authors: Department of Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chien-Chih
authors: CC
authors: Tung
authors: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Hung-Hsin
authors: HH
authors: Lin
authors: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chun-Chi
authors: CC
authors: Lin
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chen-Wang
authors: CW
authors: Chang
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
authors: Hsu-Heng
authors: HH
authors: Yen
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors: Chiao-Hsiung
authors: CH
authors: Chuang
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors: Wen-Hung
authors: WH
authors: Hsu
authors: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors: Wen-Sy
authors: WS
authors: Tsai
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Horng-Yuan
authors: HY
authors: Wang
authors: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Jen-Kou
authors: JK
authors: Lin
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Shu-Chen
authors: SC
authors: Wei
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Jau-Min
authors: JM
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult