The incidence of pediatric IBD in Hungary was among the higher range reported. This is the first large, nationwide incident cohort analyzed according to the Paris classification, which is a useful tool to determine the characteristic pediatric CD phenotype.

There was a high frequency of UGI involvement in children with CD and UC. One third of CD patients showed significant lesions at upper endoscopy and one patient out of ten had real diagnostic help from EGD.

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