Increased rectal wall thickness may predict relapse in ulcerative colitis: A pilot follow-up study of ultrasonographic colonoscopy

Endoscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-219

  Higaki, S ^a   Nohara, H ^a   Saitoh, Y ^a   Akazawa, A ^a   Yanai, H ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Okita, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CATHETER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036184443     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-20293     Document Type: Article

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