Crohn's disease masquerading as aphthous ulcers

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-276

  Rehberger, Alexander ^a   Püspök, Andreas ^b   Stallmeister, Theodor ^a   Jurecka, Wolfgang ^a   Wolff, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Oral manifestations; Orofacial granulomatosis pyostomatitis vegetans

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PUSTULE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 0031816398     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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