Measles virus serology in Crohn's disease

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-69

  Fisher, N C ^a,b   Yee, L ^a   Nightingale, P ^b   McEwan, R ^c   Gibson, J A ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Measles virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030756137     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.1.66     Document Type: Article

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