The usefulness of angiotensin converting enzyme in the differential diagnosis of Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Kwon, Chang Il ^a   Park, Pil Won ^a   Kang, Haeyoun ^a   Kim, Gwang Il ^a   Cha, Sung Tae ^a   Kim, Kyung Soo ^a   Ko, Kwang Hyun ^a   Hong, Sung Pyo ^a   Hwang, Seong Gyu ^a   Rim, Kyu Sung ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Crohn disease; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Granuloma

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 34248599043     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.1.1     Document Type: Article

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