Increased use of healthcare resources during the preclinical period of inflammatory bowel disease

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are two chronic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract with a rising incidence worldwide [ [1] Kaplan G.G. Ng S.C. Understanding and preventing the global increase of inflammatory Bowel disease. Gastroenterology. 2017; 152 (e2): 313-321 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (413) Google Scholar ]. Previous data suggest that the natural history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...