Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease granulomas

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1108-1111

  Toracchio, Sonia ^a,b   El Zimaity, Hala M T ^a   Urmacher, Carlos ^c   Katz, Seymour ^d   Graham, David Y ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CBLPath Inc   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Granuloma; IS900; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Paraffin embedded

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BETA ACTIN GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CROHN DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49949091419     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802116455     Document Type: Article

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