Abnormal pap smears in women with Crohn's disease: Is there a role for defensin deficiency?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1046-1047

  Savoye, Guillaume ^a   Lerebours, Eric ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DEFENSINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 41849140467     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01772_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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