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<journal-title><![CDATA[Jornal Português de Gastrenterologia ]]></journal-title>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Distrital de Faro Serviço de Gastrenterologia ]]></institution>
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<volume>14</volume>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p>PAULO CALDEIRA</p>      <p>Servi&ccedil;o de Gastrenterologia, Hospital Distrital de Faro, Faro Portugal.</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>Epidemiologia</b></p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p>I. Vind, L. Riis, T. Jess el al.</p>      <p><i>Increasing Incidences of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Decreasing Surgery Rates in Copenhagen City and Country, 2003-2005: A Population-Based Study from the Danish Crohn Colitis Database.</i></p>     <p><i>Am J Gastrenterol 2006; 101: 1274-82</i></p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p>Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF.</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>Full text only available in PDF format.</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>BIBLIOGRAFIA</b></p>     <p>1. Shivananda S, Lennard-Jones J, Logan R, et al. Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease across Europe: Is there a difference between north and south? Results of the European Collaborative Study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (ECIBD). Gut 1996;39: 690-7.</p>     <p>2. Ekbom A, Helmick C, Zack M, et al. The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease: Alarge, population-based study in Sweden. Gastroenterology 1991;100: 350-8</p>     <p>3. Fonager K, Sorensen HT, Olsen J. Change in incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Denmark. A study based on the National Registry of Patients, 1981-1992. Int J Epidemiol 1997;26: 1003-8.</p>     <p>4. Moum B, Vatn MH, Ekbom A, et al. Incidence of ulcerative colitis and indeterminate colitis in four counties of southeastern Norway, 1990-93. A prospective population based study. The Inflammatory Bowel South-Eastern Norway (IBSEN) Study Group of Gastroenterologists. Scand J Gastroenterol 1996;31: 362-6</p>     <p>5. Langholz E, Munkholm P, Nielsen OH, et al. Incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis in Copenhagen county from 1962 to 1987. Scand J Gastroenterol 1991;26: 1247-56.</p>     <p>6. Munkholm P, Langholz E, Nielsen OH, et al. Incidence and prevalence of Crohn's    disease in the county of Copenhagen, 1962-87:A six fold increase in incidence.    Scand J Gastroenterol 1992;27: 609-14</p>     <p>7. Witte J, Shivananda S, Lennard-Jones JE, et al. Disease outcome in inflammatory bowel disease: Mortality, morbidity and therapeutic management of a 796-person inception cohort in the European Collaborative Study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Scand J Gastroenterol 2000;35: 1272-7.</p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>8. Sands BE, Arsenault JE, Rosen MJ et al. Risk of early surgery for Crohn's disease: implications for early treatment strategies. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Dec;98(12): 2712-8.</p>       ]]></body>
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