Crohn's disease isolated of the appendix as a source of enterorrhagia;Doença de Crohn isolada do apêndice cecal como causa de enterorragia

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-63

  De Lima Jr , Sizenando Ernesto ^a   Speranzini, Manlio Basílio ^b,c   Guiro, Marcos Pacheco ^a  

^a Complexo Hospitalar do Mandaqui ^*  (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Appendix; Crohn disease; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON HEMORRHAGE; CROHN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 4043123150     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032004000100012     Document Type: Article

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