Editorial: routine use of intestinal ultrasound in ulcerative colitis-are we missing the appendix?

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Editorial

Kenneth Ernest-Suarez et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;57(2):253-254.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17302.

No abstract available

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Editorial: routine use of intestinal ultrasound in ulcerative colitis-are we missing the appendix? Authors' reply.
Reijntjes MA, de Voogd FAE, Buskens CJ, Gecse KB. Reijntjes MA, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jan;57(2):255-256. doi: 10.1111/apt.17331. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023. PMID: 36565002 No abstract available.

Intestinal ultrasound detects an increased diameter and submucosal layer thickness in the appendix of patients with ulcerative colitis compared to healthy controls - a prospective cohort study.
Reijntjes MA, de Voogd FAE, Bemelman WA, Hompes R, d'Haens G, Buskens CJ, Gecse KB. Reijntjes MA, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jan;57(1):127-135. doi: 10.1111/apt.17267. Epub 2022 Nov 1. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023. PMID: 36320148 Free PMC article.

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