Chronic idiopathic ulcerative colitis in Saudi Arabia: A clinicopathological study of 76 cases

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 637-640

  Satti, Mohammed B ^a,b   Al Quorain, Abdulaziz ^a   Al Gindan, Yousuf ^a   Al Hamdan, Abdulrahman ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030483305     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.637     Document Type: Article

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