Bamboo joint-like appearance of the stomach: A histopathological study

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Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 951-956

  Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Michio ^b   Terayama, Kiyomi ^c   Tamai, Minako ^d   Takeda, Masaharu ^e   Iida, Mitsuo ^e   Manabe, Toshiaki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Clinical Pathology Laboratory   (Japan)

^e KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bamboo joint like appearance; Crohn's disease; Erosion; Fissure; Granuloma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH EROSION;

EID: 0032732794     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01496.x     Document Type: Article

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