Is there a case for routine duodenal biopsy at gastroscopy or is a targeted approach adequate?

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Hopper, Andy D ^a   Chew, T S ^a   Lewis, A ^a   Sanders, D S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; GASTROSCOPY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51549111162     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077361     Document Type: Article

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