Background The impact of diagnostic delay on the clinical course of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) remains uncertain. Aim To perform a systematic review of time to diagnosis …

Japan has the largest aging society, where many elderly people have intractable diseases
including ulcerative colitis (UC). Along with the increasing total number of UC patients, the …

Background Elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], defined as age≥ 60 at
diagnosis, is increasing worldwide. We aimed to compare clinical characteristics and natural …

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD)—a systemic inflammatory disease—often occurs at a
young age. Recently, elderly onset patient proportion has been increasing; however, data …

Abstract Background and Aims Metabolic syndrome may share the pathophysiology of
adipose tissue dysregulation and inadequate immune response with inflammatory bowel …

BACKGROUND Identification of biomarkers that predict severe Crohn's disease is an urgent
unmet research need, but existing research is piecemeal and haphazard. OBJECTIVE To …

Background: Incidences of perianal fistulas (PAFs) as a first manifestation of Crohn's
disease (CD) vary widely in the literature. Aim: To analyse the percentage of patients with a …

One of the inflammatory bowel diseases is Crohn's disease. Although this term has been
used in the medical community since 1932, a significant increase in the number of …

Background The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been rising in the
overall population as well as in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However …

Methods In this retrospective design, the medical records of 453 patients diagnosed with IBD
at Jeju National University Hospital from January 1990 to December 2019 were analyzed …