An expensive and empty ritual: The continued use of random biopsy technique for detecting dysplasia in patients with colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1271-1272

  Marion, James F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLITIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOPSY; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35348930026     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20195     Document Type: Short Survey

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