Incidence trends of pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease in the years 2000-2009 in Saxony, Germany-first results of the Saxon Pediatric IBD Registry.
Ivana KernOlaf SchofferWieland KiessJobst HenkerMartin W LaaßUlf WinklerJürgen QuietzschOlaf WenzelMarlen ZurekKatrin BüttnerPeter FischerJan de LaffolieUlf ManuwaldThoralf StangeRonny ZenkerJens WeidnerKlaus-Peter ZimmerHildebrand KunathJoachim KuglerThomas RichterUlrike RothePublished in: PloS one (2021)
The incidence of IBD in children and adolescents in Saxony was slightly higher than the average of other countries in the same time period and followed the trend towards a general increase of IBD. The age at diagnosis was subject to a very unfavorable downward trend.