Isolated Crohn's Disease of the Appendix: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 85-87

  Vanek, Vincent W ^a   Spirtos, George ^a   Awad, Mounir ^a   Badjatia, Narendra ^a   Bernat, Donald ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ADULT; APPENDIX; CASE REPORT; CECAL DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0023874287     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1988.01400250095017     Document Type: Article

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