Combined terminal ileoscopy and biopsy is superior to small bowel follow-through in detecting terminal ileal pathology

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Byrne, M F ^a,b   Power, D G ^a   Keeling, A N ^a   Kay, E ^a   Murray, F E ^a   Patchett, S E ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Ileoscopy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342467356     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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