Usefulness of colonoscopy with biopsy in the evaluation of patients with chronic diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1091-1095

  Shah, Raj J ^b   Fenoglio Preiser, Cecilia ^b   Bleau, Brian L ^b   Giannella, Ralph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INFECTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035046238     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02308-5     Document Type: Article

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