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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2012; 18(16): 1861-1870
Published online Apr 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1861
Published online Apr 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1861
Surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis in the biologic therapy era
Alberto Biondi, Stefano Costa, Albert Troci, Ettore Contessini-Avesani, Emergency and General Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca’ Granda” Policlinico Maggiore, 20122 Milan, Italy
Marco Zoccali, Alessandro Fichera, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Marco Zoccali, First General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Catholic University, 00168 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Biondi A, Zoccali M, Costa S, Troci A, Contessini-Avesani E and Fichera A equally participated in the conception, design and drafting of this article; all the authors revised the article critically for important intellectual content and gave final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Alberto Biondi, MD, Emergency and General Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca’ Granda” Policlinico Maggiore, Via F Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy. biondi.alberto@tiscali.it
Telephone: +39-2-55033298 Fax: +39-2-55033468
Received: October 8, 2011
Revised: November 25, 2011
Accepted: March 10, 2012
Published online: April 28, 2012
Revised: November 25, 2011
Accepted: March 10, 2012
Published online: April 28, 2012
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