Frequency and significance of granulomas in a cohort of incident cases of Crohn's disease

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Heresbach, D ^a   Alexandre, J L ^a   Branger, B ^a   Bretagne, J F ^a   Cruchant, E ^a   Dabadie, A ^a   Dartois Hoguin, M ^a   Girardot, P M ^a   Jouanolle, H ^a   Kerneis, J ^a   Le Verger, J C ^a   Louvain, V ^a   Politis, J ^a   Richecoeur, M ^a   Robaszkiewiczs, M ^a   Seyrig, J A ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 19944432937     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.041715     Document Type: Review

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