The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease: a large, population-based study in Sweden.

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Published in Gastroenterology on February 01, 1991

Authors

A Ekbom1, C Helmick, M Zack, H O Adami

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

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