Association between red cell distribution width and disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1033-1038

  Song, Chang Seok ^a   Park, Dong Il ^a   Yoon, Min Yong ^a   Seok, Hyo Sun ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^a   Kim, Hong Joo ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a   Sohn, Chong Il ^a   Jeon, Woo Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Ik ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Red cell distribution width; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864059098     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1978-2     Document Type: Article

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