Terminal ileal biopsies should not be used to document extent of colonoscopic examination [4]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 566-

  Rutter, M D ^a   Bramble, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

COLONOSCOPY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PEYER PATCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 15444373991     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Bramble MG, Ironside JW. Creutzfeld-Jakob disease: implications for gastroenterology. Gut 2002;50:888-90.
2. Herzog C, Sales N, Etchegaray N, et al. Tissue distribution of bovine spongiform encephalopothy agent in primates after intravenous or oral infection. Lancet 2004;363:422-8.