Diffuse Intestinal Ganglioneuromatosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1166-1168

  Charagundla, Sridhar R ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^a   Campbell, Mical S ^a   Furth, Emma E ^a   Rombeau, John ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTOCOR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; INFLIXIMAB; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSE INTESTINAL GANGLIONEUROMATOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INFUSION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTESTINE TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1942533404     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821166     Document Type: Article

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