## Background: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (map) has been suspected of involvement in crohn's disease (cd). we investigated this potential association by testing whole blood from cd patients and healthy controls for the presence of map by culture and molecular methods. in additi
Absence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the microdissected granulomas of Crohn's disease
โ Scribed by Baksh, Fabien K; Finkelstein, Sydney D; Ariyanayagam-Baksh, Shashi M; Swalsky, Patricia A; Klein, Edwin C; Dunn, Jean C
- Book ID
- 109888030
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-3952
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