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Ulcerative colitis in the county of Uppsala 1945-2007: incidence and clinical characteristics

A Rönnblom1, S-M Samuelsson, A Ekbom

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. Anders.ronnblom@akademiska.se

Journal of Crohn'S & Colitis
|December 3, 2010
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