The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD)
and ulcerative colitis (UC), are lower in Asia than in the West. However, across Asia the …

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), once considered to be a Western disease,
is increasingly being reported from India and other Asian countries. The present review …

The Asia–Pacific region has been marked as an area with a low incidence of inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD), although confusion always existed as to whether this low incidence …

Background Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) result from an interaction between genetic
and environmental factors. Preliminary findings suggest that susceptibility genes differ …

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Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's
disease (CD), once thought to be uncommon, is now seen commonly in India. The Indian …

Considering epidemiological, genetic and immunological data, we can conclude that the
inflammatory bowel diseases are heterogeneous disorders of multifactorial etiology in which …

There is rising incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in India
topping the Southeast Asian (SEA) countries. The common genes implicated in disease …

Background The frequency of diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) in India is increasing. This
case-control study was designed to detect associations of environmental and dietary factors …

OBJECTIVES: The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is
increasing throughout Asia. Since the 1950s, there has been substantial migration from …