Is colonoscopic surveillance reducing colorectal cancer mortality in ulcerative colitis? A population based case control study

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 711-714

  Karlen P ^a   Kornfeld, D ^a,d   Brostrom O ^a   Lofberg R ^b   Persson, P G ^c   Ekbom, A ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonoscopic surveillance; Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0031811660     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.5.711     Document Type: Article

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