Anal skin tags in inflammatory bowel disease: New observations and a clinical review

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1236-1239

  Bonheur, Jennifer L ^a   Braunstein, Jared ^a   Korelitz, Burton I ^a   Panagopoulos, Georgia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anal skin tags; Crohn's disease; Elephant ears; IBD; Other perirectal manifestations; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANAL SKIN TAGS; ANUS DISEASE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEITIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN MALFORMATION; TREND STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANAL CANAL; COLITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEITIS; MALE;

EID: 54349098510     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20458     Document Type: Review

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