Prevalence and diagnostic role of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease.
BACKGROUND: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are of proven diagnostic value in a variety of vasculitides, where they are also thought to play a pathogenic role. ANCA has also been detected in the serum of patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both ulcerative colitis...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1996
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