Ulcerative colitis in Oman: A prospective study of the incidence and disease pattern from 1987 to 1994

Digestion

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 266-270

  Radhakrishnan, S ^a   Zubaidi, Ghazi ^a   Daniel, Mathew ^a   Sachdev, G K ^a   Mohan, A N ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Crohn s disease; Incidence and severity; Inflammatory bowel disease; Middle East; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030918644     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201453     Document Type: Article

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