Active ulcerative colitis associated with low prevalence of Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis infection

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 638-639

  Petersen, Andreas Munk ^a,b   Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a   Mirsepasi, Hengameh ^a   Engberg, Jorgen ^c   Friis Moller, Alice ^b   Porsbo, Lone Jannok ^d   Hammerum, Anette M ^a   Nordgaard Lassen, Inge ^b   Nielsen, Henrik Vedel ^a   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DENMARK; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876493328     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.780094     Document Type: Letter

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