Interobserver variation in the histopathological scoring of Helicobacter pylori related gastritis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 612-615

  Chen, Xiao Yu ^b   Van der Hulst, Rene W M ^a   Bruno, Marco J ^a   Van der Ende, Arie ^a   Xiao, Shu Dong ^b   Tytgat, Guido N J ^a   Ten Kate, Fiebo J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

H pylori gastritis; Interobserver variation; Sydney classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EID: 0032808978     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.8.612     Document Type: Article

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