A bamboo joint-like appearance is a characteristic finding in the upper gastrointestinal tract of Crohn's disease patients: A case-control study

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 37, 2015, Pages

  Fujiya, Mikihiro ^a   Sakatani, Aki ^a   Dokoshi, Tatsuya ^a   Tanaka, Kazuyuki ^a   Ando, Katsuyoshi ^a   Ueno, Nobuhiro ^a   Gotoh, Takuma ^a   Kashima, Shin ^a   Tominaga, Motoya ^a   Inaba, Yuhei ^a   Ito, Takahiro ^a   Moriichi, Kentaro ^a   Tanabe, Hiroki ^a   Ikuta, Katsuya ^a   Ohtake, Takaaki ^a   Yokota, Kinnichi ^b   Watari, Jiro ^c   Saitoh, Yusuke ^d   Kohgo, Yutaka ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Yoshida Hospital   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Asahikawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAMBOO JOINT LIKE APPEARANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIST; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; GASTROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941961515     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001500     Document Type: Article

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