Crohn's disease after in-utero measles virus exposure

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9026, 1996, Pages 515-517

  Ekbom, Anders ^a   Daszak, Peter ^b   Kraaz, Wolfgang ^a   Wakefield, Andrew J ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030600341     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)04429-7     Document Type: Article

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