Iranian Registry of Crohn’s and Colitis: study profile of first nation-wide inflammatory bowel disease registry in Middle East

Background/Aims A recent study revealed increasing incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Iran. The Iranian Registry of Crohn’s and Colitis (IRCC) was designed recently to answer the needs. We reported the design, methods of data collection, and aims of IRCC in this paper. M...

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Main Authors: Masoud M Malekzadeh, Alireza Sima, Sudabeh Alatab, Anahita Sadeghi, Nasser Ebrahimi Daryani, Payman Adibi, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vossoughinia, Hafez Fakheri, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Rahim Aghazadeh, Mohammad Hassan Somi, Kazem Zendedel, Homayoon Vahedi, Reza Malekzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2019-07-01
Series:Intestinal Research
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Online Access:http://www.irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2018-00157.pdf