Incidence and clinical course of Crohn's disease during the first year - results from the IBD Cohort of the Uppsala Region (ICURE) of Sweden 2005-2009.
Incidence and clinical course of Crohn's disease during the first year - results from the IBD Cohort of the Uppsala Region (ICURE) of Sweden 2005-2009.
Daniel Sjöberg,T. Holmström,4 Authors,A. Rönnblom
2014 · DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.08.009
Journal of Crohn's & Colitis · 112 Citations
TLDR
The incidence of Crohn's disease in a region of Sweden is one of the highest reported in Europe and long symptom duration precedes stricturing or penetrating behaviour which is an independent risk factor for surgery.