Significance of intraepithelial lymphocytosis in small bowel biopsy samples with normal mucosal architecture

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2027-2033

  Kakar, Sanjay ^a   Nehra, Vandana ^a   Murray, Joseph A ^a   Dayharsh, Gerald A ^a   Burgart, Lawrence J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTRAEPITHELIAL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0141571336     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07631.x     Document Type: Article

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