Inter- and intraobserver reliability and validation of a new method for determination of eosinophil counts in patients with esophageal eosinophilia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1940-1949

  Dellon, Evan S ^a   Fritchie, Karen J ^a   Rubinas, Tara C ^a   Woosley, John T ^a   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic esophagitis; Histopathology; Interobserver reliability; Intraobserver reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77954426326     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-1005-z     Document Type: Article

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