Predicting outcome in severe ulcerative colitis

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 905-910

  Travis, S P L ^a,c   Farrant, J M ^a   Ricketts, C ^b   Nolan, D J ^a   Mortensen, N M ^a   Kettlewell, M G W ^a   Jewell, D P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colectomy; cyclosporine; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030015532     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.6.905     Document Type: Article

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