Can ischemic colitis be differentiated from C difficile colitis in biopsy specimens?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 706-710

  Dignan, Caroline R ^a   Greenson, Joel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Hyalinization; Ischemia; Lamina propria; Mucosal biopsy; Necrosis; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; NECROSIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030953243     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199706000-00011     Document Type: Article

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