Role of colonoscopic biopsy in distinguishing between Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 840-844

  Kirsch, R ^a,b   Pentecost, M ^b   Hall, P De M ^b   Epstein, D P ^c   Watermeyer, G ^c   Friederich, P W ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Faculty of Health Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33747057431     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.032383     Document Type: Article

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