Splenic granulomas in Crohn disease

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Puli, Srinivas R ^a   Presti, Michael E ^b   Alpert, Martin A ^b  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Liver; Noncaseating granulomas; Spleen

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; FECES CULTURE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MALE; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN TUMOR; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0141680155     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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