Fulminant colitis in inflammatory bowel disease: Detailed pathologic and clinical analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1511-1515

  Swan, N C ^a,b   Geoghegan, J G ^a   O'Donoghue, D P ^a   Hyland, J M P ^a   Sheahan, K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulminant colitis; Histologic differentiation; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0031674007     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237298     Document Type: Article

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