Letter to the Editor
Pouchitis in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Patients After Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis
Keiichi Uchida,
Keiichi Uchida
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yoshiki Okita,
Yoshiki Okita
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Toshimitsu Araki,
Toshimitsu Araki
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Masato Kusunoki,
Masato Kusunoki
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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Keiichi Uchida,
Keiichi Uchida
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yoshiki Okita,
Yoshiki Okita
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Toshimitsu Araki,
Toshimitsu Araki
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Masato Kusunoki,
Masato Kusunoki
Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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First published: 01 December 2016
No abstract is available for this article.
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