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

Maud A Reijntjes^{1

2}, Floris A E de Voogd^{2

3}, Christianne J Buskens¹, Krisztina B Gecse³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Editorial

Maud A Reijntjes et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;57(2):255-256.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17331.

Maud A Reijntjes^{1

2}, Floris A E de Voogd^{2

3}, Christianne J Buskens¹, Krisztina B Gecse³

¹ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Comment on

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.
Editorial: routine use of intestinal ultrasound in ulcerative colitis-are we missing the appendix?
Ernest-Suarez K, Novak K. Ernest-Suarez K, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jan;57(2):253-254. doi: 10.1111/apt.17302. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023. PMID: 36564999 No abstract available.

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