Change of clinical characteristics of ulcerative colitis in Japan: Analysis of 844 hospital-based patients from 1981 to 2000

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kato, Jun ^a   Nasu, Junichirou ^b   Kuriyama, Motoaki ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Mizuno, Motowo ^d   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronological change; Clinical characteristics; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33847015248     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3280110fb9     Document Type: Article

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