Mesenteric pulsatility index analysis predicts response to azathioprine in patients with Crohn's disease.

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Published in Inflamm Bowel Dis on February 01, 2005

Authors

Nils Homann1, Ute Klarmann, Klaus Fellermann, Andreas Brüning, Rolf Klingenberg-Noftz, Thomas Witthöft, Eduard F Stange, Diether Ludwig

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Schleswig-Holstein-Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

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