Seasonal patterns of hospital treatment for inflammatory bowel disease in Italy

Digestion

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Soncini, M ^a   Triossi, O ^b   Leo, P ^c   Magni, G ^v   Giglio, L A ^d   Mosca, P G ^e   Bertele A M ^f   Pompeo, F ^g   Pietrini, L ^h   Muratori, R ⁱ   Marone, G P ^j   Belfiori, V ^e   Sciampa, G ^k   Tanzilli, A ^l   Azzola, E ^m   Ferraris, L ⁿ   Grasso, T ^o   Caruso, S ^p   Bonecco, S ^q   Casanova, B ^r   Brambilla, G ^s   Frulloni, L ^t   D'Offizi, V ^u   more..

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Torrette Hospital   (Italy)

^f Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^g REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j Ascalesi Hospital   (Italy)

^k S Pio da Pietrelcina Hospital   (Italy)

^l Del Prete Hospital   (Italy)

^m SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^o S Maurizio Hospital   (Italy)

^p Legnano Hospital   (Italy)

^q OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^r CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^s Crema Hospital   (Italy)

^t Policlinico GB Rossi   (Italy)

^u S Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^v Gastroenterology Department   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Gastrointestinal pathology; Inflammatory bowel disease, chronic; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 33744503927     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090036     Document Type: Article

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