Quantitative assessment of the subepithelial collagen band does not increase the accuracy of diagnosis of collagenous colitis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Rubio, Carlos A ^a   Orrego, Abiel ^a   Höög, Anders ^a   Porwitz, Anja ^a   Petersson, Fredrik ^a   Elmberger, Göran ^a   Glaessgen, Axel ^a   Eriksson, Elina ^a   Kanter, Lena ^a   Jaremko, Georg ^a   Egevad, Lars ^a   Laforga, Juan ^b   Liljefors, M ^a   Löfdahl, Britta ^a   Norman, Peter ^a   Larsson, Olle ^a   Wanat, Robert ^c   Wejde, Johan ^a   Zickert, Peter ^a   Björk, Jan ^a   Caini, Saverio ^d   Palli, Domenico ^d   Nesi, Gabriella ^c   more..

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL MARINA ALTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Colonic mucosa; Diagnostic accuracy; Eosinophilic band; Micrometric measurement

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MEASUREMENT; MICROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

COLITIS; COLLAGEN; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51349108369     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/K7MH8UCK3MR7Q77L     Document Type: Article

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