Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management Strategies

The authors review and summarize the current literature regarding the epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in elderly patients.

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Main Authors: Peter Stepaniuk, Charles N Bernstein, Laura E Targownik, Harminder Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/136960
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spelling doaj-art-95cfb74ad80d45e7b40a6d28bc5e07812025-02-03T05:49:35ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology2291-27892291-27972015-01-0129632733310.1155/2015/136960Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management StrategiesPeter Stepaniuk0Charles N Bernstein1Laura E Targownik2Harminder Singh3Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaThe authors review and summarize the current literature regarding the epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in elderly patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/136960
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Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
title Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management Strategies
title_full Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management Strategies
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title_full_unstemmed Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management Strategies
title_short Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly Patients: A Review of Epidemiology, Current Practices and Outcomes of Current Management Strategies
title_sort characterization of inflammatory bowel disease in elderly patients a review of epidemiology current practices and outcomes of current management strategies
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/136960
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