Amoebic liver abscess in chronic colitis: Revision of 'Crohn's disease' diagnosis;Amobenleberabszess bei chronischer kolitis: Revision der diagnose <>

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 44, 1999, Pages 1656-1659

  Joos, L ^a   Loosli, J ^b   Spichtin, H P ^c   Krause, M ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

^b Praxis für Gastroenterologie   (Switzerland)

^c Inst F Klin Pathol und Zytologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoebic liver abscess; Crohn's disease; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER AMEBIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033530332     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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