Increased prevalence of colonic polyps and altered lymphocyte subset pattern in the colonic lamina propria in acromegaly

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Colao, Annamaria ^a   Balzano, Antonio ^b   Ferone, Diego ^a   Panza, Nicola ^b   Grande, Giovanni ^c   Marzullo, Paolo ^a   Bove, Antonio ^b   Iodice, Giovanni ^b   Merola, Bartolomeo ^a   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8544277281     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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