Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an infl ammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology confi ned to rectum and colon. Males and females are equally affected. The incidence of UC (>10/100,000) is highest in the Nordic countries, in the British Isles and in the North America. About 5 % of all cases of UC have their onset before the age of 10 years and about 20 % before the age of 20 years. The incidence of paediatric cases has remained unchanged after 1980s.
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Rintala, R.J., Pakarinen, M.P. (2009). Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In: Puri, P., Höllwarth, M. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69560-8_53
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