Another look at chronic appendicitis resembling Crohn's disease

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 975-981

  Huang, Jane C ^a   Appelman, Henry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Crohn's disease; Granulomatous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029967032     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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