Granulomatous appendicitis and the appendix in idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-107

  Bronner, Mary P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendix; Crohn's disease; Granulomatous appendicitis; Interval appendectomy; Ulcerative colitis; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLA; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENTERITIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MORGANELLA; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SARCOIDOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; YERSINIA;

EID: 13844298408     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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