Association of intestinal granulomas with smoking, phenotype, and serology in Chinese patients with Crohn's disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1024-1029

  Leong, Rupert W L ^a,d   Lawrance, Ian C ^b   Chow, Dorothy K L ^c   To, Ka Fai ^c   Lau, James Y ^c   Wu, Justin ^c   Leung, Wai K ^c   Chan, Francis K L ^c   Sung, Joseph J Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL GRANULOMA; INTESTINE TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SMOKING;

EID: 33646544038     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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