The clinical significance of focally enhanced gastritis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1347-1351

  Xin, Wei ^a   Greenson, Joel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Focally active gastritis; Focally enhanced gastritis; Graft versus host disease; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH BIOPSY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 5044238873     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000138182.97366.b4     Document Type: Review

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