The histopathological approach to inflammatory bowel disease: A practice guide

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 464, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-527

  Langner, Cord ^a   Magro, Fernando ^b   Driessen, Ann ^c   Ensari, Arzu ^d   Mantzaris, Gerassimos J ^e   Villanacci, Vincenzo ^f   Becheanu, Gabriel ^g   Borralho Nunes, Paula ^h   Cathomas, Gieri ⁱ   Fries, Walter ^j   Jouret Mourin, Anne ^k   Mescoli, Claudia ^l   De Petris, Giovanni ^m   Rubio, Carlos A ⁿ   Shepherd, Neil A ^o   Vieth, Michael ^p   Eliakim, Rami ^q   Geboes, Karel ^r,s  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f Division of Pathology   (Italy)

^g CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

ⁱ Institute for Infectious Pathology   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^k CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^m MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^q SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^s GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Practice guidelines; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; APHTHOUS ULCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EPITHELIOID CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTESTINAL FIBROSIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PANCOLITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES;

EID: 84902344429     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-014-1543-4     Document Type: Review

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