Northern Latitude but Not Season Is Associated with Increased Rates of Hospitalizations Related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results of a Multi-Year Analysis of a National Cohort

• Adam C. Stein,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• John Nick Gaetano,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jeffrey Jacobs,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Rangesh Kunnavakkam,

  Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Marc Bissonnette,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Joel Pekow

  * E-mail: jpekow@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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