Crohn's disease—is there a long latent period?
Open Access
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 62 (727) , 353-354
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.62.727.353
Abstract
Summary: Four cases of Crohn's disease developing in adult females, who had been in close contact during their teens, are described. It is suggested that this could indicate an infective causation for Crohn's disease with a long latency.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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