Appendiceal inflammation in ulcerative colitis

Histopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-173

  Scott, I S ^a,b   Sheaff, M ^a   Coumbe, A ^a   Feakins, R M ^a   Rampton, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Appendix; Colonic carcinoma; Crohn's disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CARCINOMA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031866627     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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