John Walker-Smith
St Bartholomew's Hospital
52 Papers
402 Citations
John Walker-Smith is an academic researcher from St Bartholomew's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Inflammatory bowel disease & Crohn's disease. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 52 publications.
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Papers
Gamma/delta T cells and the diagnosis of coeliac disease
TL;DR: Whether the increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) is specific for coeliac disease, in which case it could be of diagnostic importance, is determined and enumeration of both of γδ IEL and CD3+ IEL densities will be useful in the exclusion of coELiac disease as a diagnosis in some children.
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Endoscopic Assessment of the Colonic Response to Corticosteroids in Children with Ulcerative Colitis
TL;DR: In this paper, 20 children with active ulcerative colitis were assessed before and after 8 weeks of medical therapy with 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) derivatives and corticosteroids.
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Barium studies and ileoscopy compared in children with suspected Crohn's disease.
TL;DR: The findings on barium follow through, ileoscopy and biopsy of the terminal ileum in 46 children with suspected chronic inflammatory bowel disease have been compared to the final clinical diagnosis, and a pronounced lymphoid hyperplasia pattern was present radiologically.
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Surgery for Crohn's disease in childhood: Influence of site of disease and operative procedure on outcome
TL;DR: Outcome after surgery for Crohn 's disease in childhood depends mainly on disease location, but is influenced by the type of primary operation performed.
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Rectal bleeding and polyps.
TL;DR: A 10 year audit of polyps diagnosed and treated endoscopically in the children's endoscopy unit indicates that total colonoscopy is wise and rewarding in any child with persistent and intermittent rectal bleeding.
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