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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease have been increasingly recognized as causes of chronic abdominal pain and diarrhea in children. During the past decade, the proportion of cases seen between these two conditions appear to be nearly equal. Prior to the last decade, most cases of inflammatory disease in the pediatric age group were attributed to ulcerative colitis.
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Ament, M.E. (1982). Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease in Children. In: Rachmilewitz, D. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7514-9_22
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