Crohn's disease: Influence of age at diagnosis on clinical type of disease;Maladie de Crohn: Influence de l'âge au moment du diagnostic sur le type évolutif

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 862-865

  Elloumi, Héla ^a   Sfar, Souhir ^a   Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ben ^a   Arfaoui, Dalenda ^a   Mouna, Ghouma ^a   Ajmi, Salem ^a  

^a SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Age; Crohn's disease; Evolution; Site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CECAL DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 38549137275     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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