Clinical status of ulcerative colitis in patients who smoke

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1463-1467

  Green, J T ^b   Rhodes, John ^a   Ragunath, K ^b   Thomas, G A O ^b   Williams, G T ^b   Mani, V ^b   Feyerabend, C ^b   Russell, M A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032173204     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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