Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	5540
Country	Egypt

Received	2013-09-13 10:24
Peer-Review Started	2013-09-13 13:43
To Make the First Decision	2013-10-29 12:40
Return for Revision	2013-10-31 10:50
Revised	2013-11-21 17:50
Second Decision	2013-12-03 21:16
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-12-04 06:46
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel diseases in Cairo, Egypt
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Serag Esmat, Mohamed El Nady, Mohamed Elfekki, Yehia Elsherif and Mazen Naga
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Corresponding Author	Serag Esmat, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini St., Cairo 11562, Egypt. seragesmat@yahoo.com
Key Words	Natural history of Inflammatory bowel diseases; Epidemiology of Ulcerative colitis; Epidemiology of Crohn’s disease; Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases in Egypt; inflammatory bowel diseases Prevalence; Incidence of ulcerative colitis; Incidence of Crohn’s disease
Core Tip	The precise aetiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains obscure. In our study, the ratio of patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) to those diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (CD) was approximately 6:1. The total colectomy rate in our study was 2.9%, after a follow up period of 5-15 years, which is far lower than the rates of Western countries. We found that the characteristics of IBD in the Egyptian population were more similar to Asian and African IBD patterns. We noticed a marked increase in the frequency of UC and CD diagnoses over the past 10 years, which indicates an increasing incidence of IBD in Egypt.
Publish Date	2014-02-19 16:57
Citation	Esmat S, El Nady M, Elfekki M, Elsherif Y, Naga M. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel diseases in Cairo, Egypt. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(3): 814-821
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i3/814.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i3.814

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