Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 102-109 , February 2011

Health-related quality of life is impaired in active collagenous colitis

  • Henrik Hjortswang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linköping University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +46 13 223506.
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  • Curt Tysk

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.
    • ,
  • Johan Bohr

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.
    • ,
  • Cecilia Benoni

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, MAS University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.
    • ,
  • Lina Vigren

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, MAS University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Kilander

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.
    • ,
  • Lasse Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Yesuf Taha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Magnus Ström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linköping University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Swedish Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SOIBD), a national organization for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons and basic scientists.

Received 13 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 June 2010.

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