The establishment of a national tissue bank for inflammatory bowel disease research in Canada

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-109

  Collins, Stephen M ^a   McHugh, Kevin ^b   Croitoru, Ken ^a   Howorth, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Database; Epidemiology; Genetics; Microbes; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

CANADA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 0242317918     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/589245     Document Type: Article

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