Crohn's disease in India: A multicenter study from a country where tuberculosis is endemic

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1099-1107

  Das, Kshaunish ^a   Ghoshal, Uday C ^b   Dhali, Gopal K ^a   Benjamin, Jaya ^c   Ahuja, Vineet ^c   Makharia, Govind K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti tubercular therapy; Granulomas; Immunomodulators; Montreal classification

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63949086004     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0469-6     Document Type: Article

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