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Pediatric Patients With Untreated Ulcerative Colitis May Present Initially With Unusual Morphologic Findings

Jonathan N. Glickman, Athos Bousvaros, Francis A. Farraye, Anna Zholudev, Sonia Friedman, Helen Wang, Alan M. Leichtner, Robert D. Odze

The American Journal of Surgical Pathology · 2004 · 205 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

A significant proportion of children with new-onset UC may show unusual patterns of disease. Pathologists should be aware of these findings since they have significant implications for the differential diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

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