Segmental colitis: So what?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Guslandi, Mario ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Diverticulosis; Segmental colitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLITIS; COLON MUCOSA; COLON SURGERY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGMOID;

COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0037249392     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200301000-00001     Document Type: Review

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