Role of the "immersion technique" in diagnosing celiac disease with villous atrophy limited to the duodenal bulb

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 571-575

  Cammarota, Giovanni ^a,b   Cesaro, Paola ^a   La Mura, Rossella ^a   Martino, Antonio ^a   Cazzato, Alessia ^a   Miele, Luca ^a   Lupascu, Andrea ^a   Vecchio, Fabio M ^a   Larocca, Luigi M ^a   Grieco, Antonio ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Endoscopy; Immersion technique; Patchy villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENUM DISEASE; DUODENUM MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROVILLI; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250770505     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225625.99415.c0     Document Type: Article

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