Ulcerative Colitis

Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Complications

*Edited by Mortimer B. O'Connor*

 **ULCERATIVE COLITIS –** 

**AND COMPLICATIONS** 

Edited by **Mortimer B. O'Connor**

**EPIDEMIOLOGY,** 

**PATHOGENESIS** 

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## **ULCERATIVE COLITIS – EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND COMPLICATIONS**

Edited by **Mortimer B. O'Connor**

**INTECHOPEN.COM**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1338 Edited by Mortimer B. O'Connor

#### **Contributors**

Isao Okayasu, Tsutomu Yoshida, Tetuo Mikami, Jun Mitsuhashi, Masaaki Ichinoe, Nobuyuki Yanagisawa, Yuichi Ishibashi, Wataru Tokuyama, Kiyomi Hana, Iftikhar Ahmed, Zhanju Liu, Yurong Yang, Hiroshi Nakase, Gulbanu Erkan, David Quan Shih, Brian Leader Huang, Lola Kwan, Hirobumi Tokuyama, Shu Wakino, Koichi Hayashi, Hiroshi Itoh, Ramesh Arasaradnam, Chuka Nwokolo, Rosario Cuomo, Carla Cirillo, Giovanni Sarnelli, Nilgun Yılmaz Demirci, Kenji Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Hitoshi Asakura, Yutao Yan, Antoni Stadnicki, Manae Kurokawa, Moriaki Hatsugai, Yohei Noguchi, Tomohiro Kato, Takuya Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Hiroshi Yasuda, Bissonnette, Joel Pekow, Gino Caselli, George Pinedo

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Ulcerative Colitis - Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Complications Edited by Mortimer B. O'Connor

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