Observer variation of diagnoses based on simple biopsy criteria differentiating among Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and other forms of colitis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1368-1372

  Tanaka, Masanori ^a   Masuda, Takayuki ^b   Yao, Takashi ^c   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Kusumi, Tomomi ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^d   Kudo, Hajime ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Histological criteria; Inflammatory bowel disease; Interobserver variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0035700532     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02638.x     Document Type: Article

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