Seasonal influence in exacerbations of inflammatory bowel disease

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 362-366

  Vergara, M ^a   Fraga, X ^a   Casellas, F ^a   Bermejo, B ^a,b   Malagelada, J R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Epidemiology Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical activity; Crohn's disease; Evolution; Inflammatory bowel disease; Seasonality; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031134671     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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