Agreement between pathologists concerning assessment of intestinal biopsies from adult celiac disease patients

Gastroenterology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Garcia Vilela, Eduardo ^a,b   De Lourdes de Abreu Ferrari, M ^a   Alves Bambirra, E ^a   Affonso Barbosa, A J ^a   Brasileiro Filho, G ^a   Hartung Toppa, N ^a   Andrade Goulart, E ^a   Sales da Cunha, A ^a  

^a Energy Company of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agreement; Biopsy; Celiac disease diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MITOSIS RATE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038038956     PISSN: 09505911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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