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BACKGROUND: Incidence and severity variations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been reported from Western populations between continents and regions of the same countries. However, no data were available from other countries. AIM: To investigate the regional differences in the IBD profiles of pediatric patients from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: < 0.05 was considered significant. CONCLUSION: The most important finding is the identification of significantly more severe presentation of CD in the ER of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prospective studies are needed to explain such variations.
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