Clinical, endoscopic and histological differentiations between Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis

Digestion

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-209

  Yu, Haisheng ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Wang, Yadong ^a   Peng, Liang ^a   Li, Aimin ^a   Zhang, Yali ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Crohn's disease; Differential diagnosis; Endoscopic features; Histological features; Intestinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862792735     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335431     Document Type: Article

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