Long-term follow-up of ulcerative colitis in the Chinese population

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 647-654

  Chow, Dorothy K L ^a   Leong, Rupert W L ^b   Tsoi, Kelvin K F ^a   Ng, Simon S M ^a   Leung, Wai Keung ^a   Wu, Justin C Y ^a   Wong, Vincent W S ^a   Chan, Francis K L ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949101620     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.74     Document Type: Article

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