Ileal lesions in Behçet's disease originate in Peyer's patches: Findings on magnifying endoscopy [1]

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-250

  Isomoto, Hajime ^a   Shikuwa, Saburo ^a,b   Suematsu, Takashi ^c   Migita, Kiyoshi ^b   Ito, Masahiro ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIGO CARMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET DISEASE; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE ULCER; INTESTINE VILLUS; LETTER; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; MESENTERY; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEYER'S PATCHES;

EID: 38549087984     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701676179     Document Type: Letter

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