Colonic mucus, smoking and ulcerative colitis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Pullan, Rupert D ^a,b  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Inflammatory bowel disease; Mucus; Smoking; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUCUS; NAUSEA; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; THICKNESS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; NICOTINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 0029913382     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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