Likelihood ratio for Crohn's disease as a function of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody concentration

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Vermeulen, N ^a   Vermeire, S ^a   Rutgeerts, P ^a   Bossuyt, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049140695     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20905     Document Type: Letter

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