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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2012; 18(9): 872-881
Published online Mar 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i9.872
Evaluation of inflammatory activity in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Eduardo Garcia Vilela, Henrique Osvaldo da Gama Torres, Fabiana Paiva Martins, Maria de Lourdes de Abreu Ferrari, Marcella Menezes Andrade, Aloísio Sales da Cunha
Eduardo Garcia Vilela, Henrique Osvaldo da Gama Torres, Maria de Lourdes de Abreu Ferrari, Aloísio Sales da Cunha, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
Eduardo Garcia Vilela, Henrique Osvaldo da Gama Torres, Maria de Lourdes de Abreu Ferrari, Aloísio Sales da Cunha, Gastroenterology Alfa Institute, Clinic Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
Fabiana Paiva Martins, Complementary Propedeutic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
Marcella Menezes Andrade, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil
Author contributions: Vilela EG, Torres HOG and Marins FP wrote the manuscript; Vilela EG, Ferrari MLA and Cunha AS critically reviewed it; Andrade MM formatted the text and references; all authors approved the final version to be published.
Correspondence to: Eduardo Garcia Vilela, PhD, Professor, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena 189/803, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30130-100, Brazil. evilela@medicina.ufmg.br
Telephone: +55-31-32731655 Fax: +55-31-32746852
Received: August 31, 2010
Revised: January 22, 2011
Accepted: January 29, 2011
Published online: March 7, 2012
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