The colon and terminal ileum in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and controls in Bangladesh: a macroscopic and microscopic study | Zendy

Nira Ferdous | Zendy; Md. Nazrul Islam | Zendy; Shamsuddin Mohammed Ishaque | Zendy; Shabnam Akhter | Zendy; Mohammed Kamal | Zendy; Johannes J. Rasker | Zendy

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The colon and terminal ileum in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and controls in Bangladesh: a macroscopic and microscopic study

Author(s) -

Nira Ferdous,

Md. Nazrul Islam,

Shamsuddin Mohammed Ishaque,

Shabnam Akhter,

Mohammed Kamal,

Johannes J. Rasker

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

rheumatology advances in practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.539

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2514-1775

DOI - 10.1093/rap/rky016

Subject(s) - rectum , medicine , sigmoid colon , ascending colon , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , ileum , lesion , pathology , ankylosing spondylitis , eosinophilic , colorectal cancer , cancer

There was an equal percentage of microscopic lesions in the whole gut in AS cases and healthy controls. Previous helminth invasions might have played a role. Lesions differ significantly between AS and controls only in the ileum; therefore, the ileal lesions might be more disease related than the colonic ones.

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