Rectal sparing and skip lesions in ulcerative colitis: A comparative study of endoscopic and histologic findings in patients who underwent proctocolectomy

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 689-696

  Joo, Mee ^a   Odze, Robert D ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Endoscopy; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pathology; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951831460     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181db84cd     Document Type: Article

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