Pulse steroids as induction therapy for children with ulcerative colitis
✍ Scribed by Takahiro Kudo; Satoru Nagata; Kiyotaka Ohtani; Tohru Fujii; Mariko Wada; Hidenori Haruna; Hiromichi Shoji; Yoshikazu Ohtsuka; Toshiaki Shimizu; Yuichiro Yamashiro
- Book ID
- 108973247
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1328-8067
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