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Validity of Simple Mucosal Biopsy Criteria Combined with Endoscopy Predicting Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Ultimately Requiring Surgery: A Multicenter Study

Tanaka M. Dept. of Pathology, First Dept. of Internal Medicine and Second Dept. of Surgery Hirosaki University School of Medicine Hirosaki Japan
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Kusumi T. Third Dept. of Internal Medicine and First Dept. of Surgery Osaka City University Medical School Osaka Japan
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Oshitani N. Second Dept. of Pathology Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Japan
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Nishigami T. Dept. of Internal Medicine and Division of Diagnostic Pathology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan
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Iwao Y. Dept. of Endoscopy Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital Aomori Japan
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Hatada Y. Chronic Intractable Disease Center and Dept. of Pathology Yokohama City University Medical Center Yokohama Japan
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Sugita A. Dept. of Anatomic Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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Yao T. Coloproctology Center Hidaka Hospital Kurume Japan
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Takano M. Division of Internal Medicine Institute of Gastroenterology Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan
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Iizuka B. Dept. of Pathology, First Dept. of Internal Medicine and Second Dept. of Surgery Hirosaki University School of Medicine Hirosaki Japan
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Mukai M. Third Dept. of Internal Medicine and First Dept. of Surgery Osaka City University Medical School Osaka Japan
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Maeda K. Second Dept. of Pathology Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Japan
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Fukuda S. Dept. of Internal Medicine and Division of Diagnostic Pathology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan
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Morita T. Dept. of Endoscopy Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital Aomori Japan
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Hara M. Chronic Intractable Disease Center and Dept. of Pathology Yokohama City University Medical Center Yokohama Japan
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Saito H. Dept. of Anatomic Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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Kudo H. Coloproctology Center Hidaka Hospital Kurume Japan
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Pages 594-598 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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