Ulcerative colitis is as common in Crete as in Northern Europe: A 5-year prospective study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 893-898

  Manousos, Orestes N ^a   Giannadaki, Evangelia ^a   Mouzas, Ioannis A ^a   Tzardi, Maria ^a   Koutroubakis, Ioannis ^a   Skordilis, Panagiotis ^a   Vassilakis, Sophokles ^a   Kouroumalis, Elias ^a   Vlachonikolis, Ioannis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029737694     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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