AUTOIMMUNE REACTIVITY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE

Authors
KEREN DF GOEKEN JA
Citation
Df. Keren et Ja. Goeken, AUTOIMMUNE REACTIVITY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE, Clinics in laboratory medicine, 17(3), 1997, pp. 465
Citations number
115
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology
Journal title
Clinics in laboratory medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02722712
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-2712(1997)17:3<465:ARIIB>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease remains a poorly understood chronic inflamm atory condition of the bowel. No etiologic agents, or agreed upon path ogenesis is currently known. Recent findings that perinuclear antineut rophil cytoplasmic antibodies (P-ANCA) are present in the vast majorit y of patients with this disease have proven to be of use in epidemiolo gic studies. Its clinical use is currently being explored by several i nvestigators.