@entity30 ( @entity30 ) is rare in the Chinese population, but lately there seems to be an increasing trend of @entity30 in the Singapore Chinese population. We carried out a retrospective study of all Chinese @entity1 with @entity30 seen from 1987 to 1993 at the Singapore General Hospital. All @entity1 were regularly followed up and treated. Disease activity was defined by the Organisation Mondiale de Gastroenterologie index. We also compared our series with our first series reported in 1987 and a Western series. There were 32 @entity1 (20 @entity1 , 12 @entity1 ) giving a hospital prevalence of 26.7 per 100,000 @entity1 compared with 3.5 per 100,000 @entity1 in 1986. The mean age was 37.1 years (range, 19-80 years). Twelve @entity1 had small intestinal disease, 9 had @entity1049 , and 11 had both. The common presenting symptoms were @entity294 (67%), @entity490 (53%), loss of weight (47%), and @entity221 (34%). Extraintestinal manifestations were rare. Six @entity1 had no relapse during the follow-up period, whereas the remaining 26 @entity1 had an average of two relapses (range, 1-5). These relapses were complicated by fistulas in 8 @entity1 and strictures in 11 @entity1 . Response to @entity230 and @entity3378 was good in most @entity1 . Four @entity1 required repeated surgery despite medical treatment. The prevalence of @entity30 appears to be increasing among the Singapore Chinese population. The clinical features are similar to those of the Western population. Most of our @entity1 responded to standard medical therapy, but further follow-up is needed to assess their long-term clinical outcome.

XXXX in the Singapore Chinese population.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['bloody diarrhea'] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity230 :: ('MESH:D013256', 'Chemical') :: ['steroids'] @entity30 :: ('MESH:D003424', 'Disease') :: ['CD', "Crohn's disease"] @entity3378 :: ('MESH:D012460', 'Chemical') :: ['sulfasalazine'] @entity1049 :: ('MESH:D003108', 'Disease') :: ['colonic disease']
@entity30 :: (MESH:D003424,Disease) :: ['Crohn's disease']
