ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2016
Characteristics of Pediatric Crohn's Disease in Saudi Children: A Multicenter National Study.
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- Diagnostic Delay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Jordanian Children: A Tertiary Center Experience.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2025Article
- Bacterial dysbiosis in newly diagnosed treatment naïve pediatric ulcerative colitis in Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota predicts the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in Saudi children.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2024Article
- Promoting early testing and appropriate referral to reduce diagnostic delay for children with suspected inflammatory bowel disease, a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2023Review
- Diagnostic Delay in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease-A Systematic Investigation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Pediatric Crohn's Disease in Bahrain.Oman medical journal · 2018Article
- Microbiota profile in new-onset pediatric Crohn's disease: data from a non-Western population.Gut pathogens · 2018Article
- Clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi children (Single centre experience).International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2016Article
- Incidence and clinical characteristics of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Oman.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationArticle
- Magnetic resonance enterography and bowel ultrasonography in Saudi Arabian patients with Crohn's disease: A correlation study.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationArticle
- Diagnostic delay of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationArticle
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Abstract
Background and Aims. Crohn's disease (CD) is an evolving disease in KSA. Little is known about its characteristics in the Saudi population. The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of Saudi children with CD and to determine whether the characteristics of CD in KSA are different from those seen in Western countries. Methods. In this study, children younger than eighteen years of age diagnosed with CD between January 2003 and December 2012 were included. Results. Of 330 patients identified, 186 (56.4%) were males. The median age at diagnosis was 15.8 years. A positive family history for IBD in first-degree relatives occurred in 13.6% of patients. The most common symptoms were abdominal pain (84.2%), weight loss (75.2%), and diarrhea (71.8%). The main disease location was ileocolonic (42.1%) and the main disease behavior was nonstricturing and nonpenetrating (63.6%). Perianal involvement was seen in 60 (18.2%) patients. Laboratory findings revealed anemia in 57.9% of patients, low albumin in 34.5%, and high CRP in 39.4%. Conclusions. Saudi children with CD have lower frequency of first-degree relatives with IBD, lower prevalence of early onset disease, longer diagnostic delay, higher prevalence of growth failure, and greater frequency of stricturing and penetrating disease behavior compared to Western patients.
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