A comparison of endoscopic and capsule small intestinal biopsy techniques in children with upper gastrointestinal disorders

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-256

  Eltumi, M A ^a   Ong, P S ^a   Francis, N D ^a   Brueton, M J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; endoscopy; mucosal biopsy; small intestine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; VOMITING;

EID: 0030054842     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb01565.x     Document Type: Article

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