Safety and diagnostic yield of laparoscopically assisted full-thickness bowel biospy

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 774-779

  Knowles, C H ^a,e   Veress, B ^b   Tornblom, H ^c   Wallace, S ^d   Paraskeva, P ^d   Darzi, A ^d   Martin, J E ^a   Nyberg, B ^c   Lindberg, G ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric myopathy; Enteric neuropathy; Intestinal pseudo obstruction; Laparoscopic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44949212706     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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