Seasonal variation in exacerbations of ulcerative colitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1334-1338

  Karamanolis, Demetrios G ^a   Delis, Konstantinos C ^a   Papatheodoridis, George V ^a   Kalafatis, Evangelos ^a   Paspatis, Gregorios ^a   Xourgias, Vassilios C ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Monthly variation; Relapse; Seasonality; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030778988     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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