Growth failure and intestinal inflammation
Open Access
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 94 (3) , 121-125
- https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/94.3.121
Abstract
At least one third of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), namely Crohn's disease and ulcerative disease (UC), first develop symptoms during childhood and adolescence. In contrast to the adult population, in which the incidence of Crohn's disease has plateaued, the incidence of juvenile‐onset Crohn's disease continues to increase.1 The clinical spectrum and severity of disease varies considerably in young people, as it does in adults, but there are a number of special problems that face children and adolescents with IBD. In this review we will discuss the prevalence, aetiology, pathogenesis and management of growth failure in these patients.Keywords
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