Endoscopic mucosal biopsies are useful in distinguishing granulomatous colitis due to Crohn’s disease from tuberculosis

A B Pulimood; B S Ramakrishna; G Kurian; S Peter; S Patra; V I Mathan; M M Mathan

doi:10.1136/gut.45.4.537

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Inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease

Endoscopic mucosal biopsies are useful in distinguishing granulomatous colitis due to Crohn’s disease from tuberculosis

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A B Pulimood Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B S Ramakrishna Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G Kurian Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Peter Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Patra Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
V I Mathan Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M M Mathan Wellcome Research Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, Tamilnadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Dr A B Pulimood, Department of Surgery, School of Surgical Sciences, Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.

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Pulimood AB, Ramakrishna BS, Kurian G, et al

Endoscopic mucosal biopsies are useful in distinguishing granulomatous colitis due to Crohn’s disease from tuberculosis

Gut 1999;45:537-541.

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Accepted April 14, 1999
First published October 1, 1999.

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January 09, 2022

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