Endoscopic ultrasound for perianal Crohn's disease: Disease and fistula characteristics, and impact on therapy

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-316

  Lahat, Adi ^b   Assulin, Yehudit ^b   Beer Gabel, Marc ^b   Chowers, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; ; Fistula; ; Perianal Crohn's disease; ; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANUS DISEASES; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROHN DISEASE; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MESALAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858078960     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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