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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 1, 2004; 10(3): 404-409
Published online Feb 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.404
Striking elevation in incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in a province of western Hungary between 1977-2001
Laszlo Lakatos, Gabor Mester, Zsuzsanna Erdelyi, Mihaly Balogh, Istvan Szipocs, Gyorgy Kamaras, Peter Laszlo Lakatos
Laszlo Lakatos, Gabor Mester, Zsuzsanna Erdelyi, 1st Department of Medicine, Csolnoky F. Province Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary Mihaly Balogh, Department of Medicine, Grof Eszterhazy Hospital, Papa, Hungary
Istvan Szipocs, Department of Medicine, Municipal Hospital, Tapolca, Hungary
Gyorgy Kamaras, Department of Infectious Diseases, Magyar Imre Hospital, Ajka, Hungary
Peter Laszlo Lakatos, 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Laszlo Lakatos, MD, 1st Department of Medicine, Csolnoky F. Province Hospital, Korhaz u.1, Veszprem, H-8200 Hungary. laklaci@hotmail.com
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Received: August 11, 2003
Revised: September 17, 2003
Accepted: September 24, 2003
Published online: February 1, 2004
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