Severity of inflammation as a predictor of colectomy in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-197

  Hefti, Marco M ^a   Chessin, David B ^a   Harpaz, Noam ^a   Steinhagen, Randolph M ^a,b   Ullman, Thomas A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b One Gustave L Levy Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Dysplasia; Inflammation; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; BIOPSY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049090466     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819ad456     Document Type: Article

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