Publications by authors named "Mohammed A Al Mofarreh"
Objective: To investigate the presenting features of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the central region of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and to compare with those reported in the literature.
Methods: This is a retrospective review of medical records of children below 18 years of age at onset of symptoms with confirmed diagnosis of IBD for age, gender, family history, presenting clinical and laboratory findings in the Divisions of Pediatric and Adult Gastroenterology, King Khalid University Hospital (which provides free health care) and the Department of Gastroenterology Al Mofarreh Poly Clinic, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January 1993 and December 2010.
Results: Two hundred and eighteen children diagnosed with IBD with predominance of males in Crohn's disease (CD) (56%) and females in ulcerative colitis (UC) (59%).