Is biopsy needed in every gastritis found during endoscopy?

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 849-851

  Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Channa, Muhammad Ali ^b   Mirza, Masoom Raza ^b   Habib, Lubna ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Dyspepsia; Endoscopic gastritis; Histology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 70350590777     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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