Liver abscess: A rare but an important complication that must be considered in Crohn's disease

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-305

  Filik, Levent ^a,b   Ulker, A ^a   Tunc, B ^a   Disibeyaz, S ^a   Dagli, U ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activity; Crohn's disease; Histology; Inflammatory bowel disease; Score; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8444242948     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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