A four-decade analysis of the incidence trends, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease patients at single tertiary centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Norfilza Mohd Mokhtar (Author), Khairul Najmi Muhammad Nawawi (Author), Jaarvis Verasingam (Author), Wong Zhiqin (Author), Ismail Sagap (Author), Zairul Azwan Mohd Azman (Author), Luqman Mazlan (Author), Hamzaini Abdul Hamid (Author), Nur Yazmin Yaacob (Author), Isa Mohamed Rose (Author), Eden Low Ngah Den (Author), Mah Suit Wan (Author), Raja Affendi Raja Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was once considered as a Western disease. However, recent epidemiological data showed an emerging trend of IBD cases in the Eastern Asia countries. Clinico-epidemiological data of IBD in Malaysia is scarce. This study aimed to address this issue....