The strategy for biopsies of the terminal ileum should be evidence based

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1090-1092

  Geboes, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEITIS; ILEUM; INTESTINE BIOPSY; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34247892148     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01190.x     Document Type: Review

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