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Ulcerative Colitis (cont.)

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Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Editors: Bhupinder Anand, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Baylor University College of Medicine; Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

REFERENCE: MedscapeReference.com. Ulcerative Colitis.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Samy A Azer, MD, PhD, Associate Chair, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. Editors: Steven C Gabaeff, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson, CA; Expert Consultant, Medical Board of California, Sacramento, CA; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.


Last Editorial Review: 11/14/2012

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