Bamboo joint-like appearance of the stomach: A stable endoscopic landmark for Crohn’s disease regardless of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 1918-1924

  Hashiguchi, Keiichi ^a   Takeshima, Fuminao ^a   Akazawa, Yuko ^a   Matsushima, Kayoko ^a   Minami, Hitomi ^a   Yamaguchi, Naoyuki ^a   Shiozawa, Ken ^a   Ohnita, Ken ^a   Ichikawa, Tatsuki ^a   Isomoto, Hajime ^a   Nakao, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn s disease; Diagnosis; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84908122833     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.891060     Document Type: Article

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