Change in the extent of colonoscopic and histological involvement in ulcerative colitis over time

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1564-1569

  Moum, Bjørn ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^c   Vatn, Morten H ^b   Elgjo, Kjell ^b  

^a Østfold Central Hospital   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032975986     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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