Incidence of ulcerative colitis, 1980-1995 - A prospective study in an urban population in Germany

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1079-1084

  Timmer, Antje ^a   Goebell, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032739647     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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