Indeterminate colitis in clinical practice

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Geboes, K ^a   Joossens, S ^a   Prantera, C ^b   Rutgeerts, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Indeterminate colitis; Ulcerative colitis; Unclassified colitis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDETERMINATE COLITIS; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0038067891     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-6053(02)00099-6     Document Type: Review

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