Confluent granulomas and ulcers lined by epithelioid histiocytes: new ideal method for differentiation of ITB and CD? A meta analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>There are few widely accepted criteria other than caseation, which has low sensitivity, for differentiating intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn's disease (CD).<h4>Objective</h4>We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the use of confluent granuloma...

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Main Authors: Juan Du, Yan-Yan Ma, Ha Xiang, You-Ming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103303