Pathologic features and clinical significance of "backwash" ileitis in ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1472-1481

  Haskell, Henry ^a   Andrews Jr , Charles W ^b   Ready, Sarathchandra I ^a   Dendrinos, Klea ^b   Farraye, Francis A ^b   Stucchi, Arthur F ^b   Becker, James M ^b   Odze, Robert D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Dysplasia; Ileoanal pouch anastomosis; Indeterminate colitis; Pouchitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEITIS; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; ILEUM POUCH; ILEUM RESECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC POUCHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27244449935     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000176435.19197.88     Document Type: Article

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