The impact of COVID-19 on the course and possible initiation of ulcerative colitis
- Student Research Group at the Chair and Department of Pathomorphology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
- Student Research Group at the Chair and Department of Pathomorphology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
- Department of Biomedicine and Environmental Research, Institute of Biological Sciences, The John Paul II Catholic University, Lublin, Poland
- Department of Pathomorphology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
- Collegium Medicum Dr Władysław Biegański, Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland
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