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Overview

Pia Munkholm is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly in the areas intersecting biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their academic focus spans several subfields, including genetics, epidemiology, surgery, oncology, and infectious diseases.

The main topics covered in their research include inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life assessments, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, as well as Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens, and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Several notable papers authored or co-authored by Pia Munkholm include:

  • Management of Patients With Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: Results of an International Meeting, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Health-care costs of inflammatory bowel disease in a pan-European, community-based, inception cohort during 5 years of follow-up: a population-based study, 2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • Incidence and Prevalence of Microscopic Colitis Between 2001 and 2016: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study, 2020, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Long-Term Effects of a Web-Based Low-FODMAP Diet Versus Probiotic Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Including Shotgun Analyses of Microbiota: Randomized, Double-Crossover Clinical Trial, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • The use of 5-aminosalicylate for patients with Crohn's disease in a prospective European inception cohort with 5 years follow-up - an Epi-IBD study, 2020, United European Gastroenterology Journal

Munkholm frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Gastroenterology
  • The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Johan Burisch
  • Dorit Vedel Ankersen
  • Ebbe Langholz
  • Petra Weimers
  • Sarah Alulis

The combination of fields, topics, and a broad range of collaborative work highlights Pia Munkholm's involvement in multidisciplinary research efforts related to gastrointestinal diseases and their broader health implications.

Best Publications

  • Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE): Determining Therapeutic Goals for Treat-to-Target.

    L. Peyrin-Biroulet;W. Sandborn;B. E. Sands;W. Reinisch;W. Reinisch

  • Familial Occurrence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Marianne Orholm;Pia Munkholm;Ebbe Langholz;Ole Haagen Nielsen

  • Course of ulcerative colitis: Analysis of changes in disease activity over years

    Ebbe Langholz;Pia Munkholm;Michael Davidsen;Vibeke Binder

  • Frequency of glucocorticoid resistance and dependency in Crohn's disease.

    P Munkholm;E Langholz;M Davidsen;V Binder

  • Review article: the incidence and prevalence of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease

    Pia Munkholm

  • Increasing incidences of inflammatory bowel disease and decreasing surgery rates in Copenhagen City and County, 2003-2005: a population-based study from the Danish Crohn colitis database

    Ida Vind;Lene Riis;Tine Jess;Elisabeth Knudsen

  • Development of the Crohn's disease digestive damage score, the Lémann score†‡§

    Benjamin Pariente;Jacques Cosnes;Silvio Danese;William J. Sandborn

  • Increased risk of intestinal cancer in Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies.

    Tine Jess;Michael Gamborg;Peter Matzen;Pia Munkholm

  • European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: special situations.

    R. Caprilli;M. A. Gassull;J. C. Escher;G. Moser

  • Disease Activity Courses in a Regional Cohort of Crohn's Disease Patients

    P. Munkholm;E. Langholz;M. Davidsen;V. Binder

  • Risk of intestinal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study from olmsted county, Minnesota.

    Tine Jess;Edward V. Loftus;Fernando S. Velayos;W. Scott Harmsen

  • Colorectal cancer risk and mortality in patients with ulcerative colitis.

    Ebbe Langholz;Pia Munkholm;Michael Davidsen;Vibeke Binder

  • East–West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort

    J. Burisch;N Pedersen;S Cukovic-Cavka;M Brinar

  • Changes in clinical characteristics, course, and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease during the last 5 decades: A population‐based study from Copenhagen, Denmark

    Tine Jess;Lene Riis;Ida Vind;Karen Vanessa Winther

  • The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease.

    Johan Burisch;Pia Munkholm

  • Intestinal cancer risk and mortality in patients with Crohn's disease

    Pia Munkholm;Ebbe Langholz;Michael Davidsen;Vibeke Binder

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Crohn's Disease in the County of Copenhagen, 1962-87: A Sixfold Increase in Incidence

    P Munkholm;E Langholz;O H Nielsen;S Kreiner

  • Long-term risk of cancer in ulcerative colitis: A population-based cohort study from Copenhagen County

    Karen V. Winther;Tine Jess;Ebbe Langholz;Pia Munkholm

  • Incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis in Copenhagen county from 1962 to 1987.

    E. Langholz;P. Munkholm;O. Haagen Nielsen;S. Kreiner

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases with Onset in Childhood: Clinical Features, Morbidity, and Mortality in a Regional Cohort

    E. Langholz;P. Munkholm;P. A. Krasilnikoff;V. Binder

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Lakatos
Peter L. Lakatos McGill University
Colm O'Morain
Colm O'Morain Trinity College Dublin
Paal Skytt Andersen
Paal Skytt Andersen Statens Serum Institut
Morten H. Vatn
Morten H. Vatn University of Oslo
Pekka Collin
Pekka Collin Tampere University
Henrik S. Thomsen
Henrik S. Thomsen Copenhagen University Hospital
William J. Sandborn
William J. Sandborn University of California, San Diego
Edward V. Loftus
Edward V. Loftus Mayo Clinic
Ole Haagen Nielsen
Ole Haagen Nielsen University of Copenhagen

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