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How common is crohns disease and ulcerative colitis in Australia?
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For more than 25 years, Crohn’s & Colitis Australia™ (formerly the Australian Crohn’s and Colitis Association) has been making life more liveable for more than … View Profile
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis affect more than 70,000 Australians currently.
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Dr Cheng Hiang Lee
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Dr Cheng Hiang LEE MB BCh BAO PhD DipPaed (UNSW) FRACP, is a consultant paediatric and adolescent gastroenterologist who performs endoscopic procedures in children. He … View Profile
Australia has one of the highest incidence of IBD in the world, around 30 in 100,000. IBD is becoming more common not only in Australia but also around the world.
We estimated the incidence of paediatric IBD in NSW a few years ago. This may be of interest to some readers.
http://chenghianglee.com/2016/04/02/increasing-incidence-of-paediatric-ibd/
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