Clinicoepidemiological characteristics of adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed in 5 Greek teaching hospitals during the year 2003

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-74

  Triantafillidis, John K ^a,f   Kitis, G ^b   Karamanolis, D ^c   Karagiannis, I ^d   Tzourmakliotits, D ^e  

^a Saint Panteleimon General State Hospital   (Greece)

^b Papanicolaou General Hospital   (Greece)

^c TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^d N Ionias Hospital   (Greece)

^e Athens' Polyklinic Hospital   (Greece)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949177901     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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