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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2024

Infantile inflammatory bowel disease in three Syrian infants: a case series.

Afif Alshwaiki, Ranim M H D Samir Nakhal, Ali Alakbar Nahle, Hussein Hamdar, Nafiza Martini, Jaber Mahmod

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Afif AlshwaikiFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4135-3462
Ranim M H D Samir NakhalFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3178-2061
Ali Alakbar NahleFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9163-4024
Hussein HamdarFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5986-4383
Nafiza MartiniFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. nafiza0968@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-0674
Jaber MahmodFaculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
Damascus University · SY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory bowel diseases, consisting of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic bowel relapsing inflammatory disorders. Inflammatory bowel diseases begin rarely in infants. Approximately 25% of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases present before the age of 20 years. Very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease occurs before the age of 6 years; infantile inflammatory bowel diseases occurs before the age of 2 years, and is extremely rare in infants under 1 year of age. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we report a case series of 7-month-, 11-month-, and 12-month-old Syrian infants that presented with diarrhea, hematochezia, and pale appearance and were finally diagnosed with infantile inflammatory bowel disease and treated.

conclusionsEarly diagnosis and ruling out infantile inflammatory bowel diseases despite its rarity are recommended. Over and above that, new drugs such as vedolizumab, golimumab, and less invasive treatment methods should also be taken into consideration for better response and adequate remission with improved quality of life.

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Colitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesHumansInfantQuality of LifeSyriaCase seriesCrohn’s diseaseInfantsInflammatory bowel diseasesUlcerative colitisVery early-onset IBD (VEO-IBD)

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PMID38494475
PMCPMC10946191
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