Deficit of interleukin-7 in serum of patients with Crohn's DISEASE

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Andreu Ballester, J C ^a   Perez Griera J ^b   Garcia Ballesteros, Carlos ^a   Amigo, V ^a   Catalan Serra I ^a   Monforte Albalat, A ^a   Bixquert Jimenez M ^a   Ballester, F ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

COLON MUCOSA; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LETTER; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7;

EID: 84876410171     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22914     Document Type: Letter

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