Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Iceland during a 30-Year Period, 1950-1979

1 January 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Vol. 24 (sup170) , 47-49
https://doi.org/10.3109/00365528909091351

Abstract

Thirty-three patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and 318 with ulcerative colitis (UC) were identified among the 250,000 inhabitants of Iceland over a 30-year period. The present incidence of CD is 0.9/105/year and of UC 7.4/105/year.

Keywords

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
PERIOD
YEAR
DISEASE IN ICELAND