Characterization of lymphoid follicles with red ring signs as first manifestation of early Crohn's disease by conventional histopathology and confocal laser endomicroscopy

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 411-421

  Krauss, Ekaterina ^a   Agaimy, Abbas ^a   Neumann, Helmut ^a   Schulz, Ulrike ^b   Kessler, Hermann ^a   Hartmann, Arndt ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a   Raithel, Martin ^a   Mudter, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Medistat Medical Statistic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cle; Crohn's disease; Endomicroscopy; Inflammatory bowel disease; Lymphoid follicle; Lymphoid hyperplasia; Pathology; Red ring sign; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD15 ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; ILEUM; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD15; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; ILEUM; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864307060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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