Antibiotic therapy for ulcerative colitis: time for reevaluation?

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Harshna Patel et al. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 Mar.

. 2011 Mar;17(3):860-1.

doi: 10.1002/ibd.21483. Epub 2010 Sep 24.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Newly developed antibiotic combination therapy for ulcerative colitis: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter trial.
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