Clinical significance of granuloma in Crohn's disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3118-3121

  Molnár, Tamás ^a   Tiszlavicz, László ^a   Gyulai, Csaba ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^a   Lonovics, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activity; Complication; Crohn's disease; Granuloma

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SACROILIITIS; STOMATITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 20344401352     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3118     Document Type: Article

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