Assessing mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis: the simpler, the better…

Endoscopy 2015; 47(08): 759
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1392536

Letters to the editor

Vincenzo Villanacci

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Elisabetta Antonelli

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Marianna Salemme

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Gabrio Bassotti

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