The first step to unveil the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Central Asia

Seung Wook Hong¹, Byong Duk Ye^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Editorial

Seung Wook Hong et al. Intest Res. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;18(4):345-346.

doi: 10.5217/ir.2020.00121. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Seung Wook Hong¹, Byong Duk Ye^{1

2}

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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