Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	35635
Country	United States

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Albumin as a prognostic marker for ulcerative colitis
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Nabeel Khan, Dhruvan Patel, Yash Shah, Chinmay Trivedi and Yu-Xiao Yang
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Nabeel Khan, MD, Chief Doctor, Section of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. nabeel.khan@va.gov
Key Words	Prognostic marker; Albumin; Ulcerative colitis; Disease course; Colectomy
Core Tip	The current literature states that pancolitis, anemia and steroid use at ulcerative colitis (UC) diagnosis are considered poor prognostic features in UC. Ours is a first community based nationwide multi-center study on this subject evaluating serum albumin at the time of UC diagnosis as a prognostic marker. We identified a new easily measurable prognostic marker for the clinical course of UC, which in conjunction with other prognostic markers would help us identify a subset of UC patients who will eventually develop severe disease. This subset of patients may benefit from closer follow up and early escalation of therapy.
Citation	Khan N, Patel D, Shah Y, Trivedi C, Yang YX. Albumin as a prognostic marker for ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(45): 8008-8016

Received	2017-08-02 01:55
Peer-Review Started	2017-08-04 09:05
To Make the First Decision	2017-09-06 01:09
Return for Revision	2017-09-07 09:00
Revised	2017-09-14 20:43
Second Decision	2017-10-11 06:28
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2017-10-17 20:11
Articles in Press	2017-10-17 20:11
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2017-11-29 11:51

ISSN	1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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