The diagnostic value of colonoscopic biopsies in patients with chronic diarrhea

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-379

  Lorenzo Zúñiga, Vicente ^a   De Vega, Vicente Moreno ^a   Boix, Jaume ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE SURGERY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649126209     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832bbb95     Document Type: Letter

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