High incidence of upper gastrointestinal tract involvement in Crohn's disease

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Oberhuber, Georg ^a   Hirsch, Michael ^b   Stolte, Manfred ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Duodenum; Focal gastritis; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MUCOSA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031937019     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050133     Document Type: Article

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