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Can temperature explain the latitudinal gradient of ulcerative colitis? Cohort of Norway

BACKGROUND: Incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis follow a north–south (latitudinal) gradient and increases northwards at the northern hemisphere or southwards at the southern hemisphere. The disease has increased during the last decades. The temporal trend has been explained by the hygiene...

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Autores principales: Aamodt, Geir, Bengtson, May-Bente, Vatn, Morten H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-530