Variability in small bowel histopathology reporting between different pathology practice settings: Impact on the diagnosis of coeliac disease

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-247

  Arguelles Grande, Carolina ^a   Tennyson, Christina A ^a   Lewis, Suzanne K ^a   Green, Peter H R ^a   Bhagat, Govind ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LABORATORIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857363585     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200372     Document Type: Article

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