Polyarteritis Nodosa Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Vavricka, Stephan R ^a   Dirnhofer, Stephan ^b   Degen, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISONE;

EID: 35548938919     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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