Is sigmoidoscopy sufficient for evaluating inflammatory status of ulcerative colitis patients?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Kato, Jun ^a   Kuriyama, Motoaki ^a   Hiraoka, Sakiko ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonoscopic findings; Disease activity; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON; COLON SPLENIC FLEXURE; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 79952832208     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06562.x     Document Type: Article

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