Colonoscopy in surveillance of inflammatory bowel disease.

Patients with chronic colitis from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), whether ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), which accounts for approximately 10-15% of all deaths among IBD patients. The risk of CRC increases with disease duration and is freq...

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Publicado en:Gastrointestinal Nursing Vol. 9; no. 8; pp. 20 - 27
Autores principales: Ahmad, Saqib, Ragunath, Krish
Formato: algorithm critical path pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Oct2011
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