Do Anal Fistulas in Crohn's Disease Behave Differently and Defy Goodsall's Rule More Frequently than Fistulas that are Cryptoglandular in Origin?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2732-2735

  Coremans, Georges ^a   Dockx, S ^a   Wyndaele, J ^a   Hendrickx, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GOODSALL RULE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346734215     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.08716.x     Document Type: Article

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