Intestinal histological and ultrastructural inflammatory changes in spondyloarthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-98

  Porzio, V ^a,c   Biasi, G ^a   Corrado, A ^a   De Santi, M ^b   Vindigni, C ^b   Viti, S ^c   Bayeli, P F ^c   Marcolongo, R ^a  

^a Institutes of Rheumatology   (Italy)

^b Institutes of Pathology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gut inflammation; Ileocolonoscopy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030963387     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009749709115825     Document Type: Article

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