Anal lesions: Any significant prognosis in Crohn's disease?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-243

  Siproudhis, Laurent ^a   Mortaji, Abdelmajid ^a   Mary, Jean Yves ^b   Juguet, Frédéric ^a   Bretagne, Jean François ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Anoperineal lesions; Crohn's disease; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DEFECATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOSCOPY; ULCER;

EID: 0030947819     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199703000-00004     Document Type: Article

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