Endomicroscopy for assessing mucosal healing in patients with ulcerative colitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-426

  Gheorghe, Cristian ^a   Cotruta, Bogdan ^a   Iacob, Razvan ^a   Becheanu, Gabriel ^a   Dumbrava, Mona ^a   Gheorghe, Liana ^a  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Endomicroscopy; Mucosal healing; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROCTITIS; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINIATURIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROMANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84055222275     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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