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The Diagnostic Value of Colonoscopy in Understanding Inflammatory Mucosal Damage in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Predicting Clinical Response to Adsorptive Leucocytapheresis as a Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Intervention

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Tomotaka Tanaka, Abbi R Saniabadi and Yasuo Suzuki

Submitted: 25 November 2010 Published: 07 November 2011

DOI: 10.5772/23321

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Endoscopic Procedures in Colon and Rectum

Edited by José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha

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Written By

Tomotaka Tanaka, Abbi R Saniabadi and Yasuo Suzuki

Submitted: 25 November 2010 Published: 07 November 2011