Retrograde ileoscopy in chronic nonbloody diarrhea: A prospective, case-control study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1512-1515

  Morini, Sergio ^a   Lorenzetti, Roberto ^b   Stella, Francesca ^b   Martini, Maria Teresa ^b   Hassan, Cesare ^b   Zullo, Angelo ^b  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEITIS; ILEOSCOPY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038458372     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07523.x     Document Type: Article

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