Bowel ultrasound and mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Parente, F ^a   Molteni, M ^a   Marino, B ^a   Colli, A ^a   Ardizzone, S ^b   Greco, S ^b   Sampietro, G ^b   Gallus, S ^c  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel ultrasound; Colonoscopy; Mucosal healing; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349941534     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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