Diagnostic yield and economic implications of endoscopic colonic biopsies in patients with chronic diarrhoea

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 985-988

  Hotouras, A ^a   Collins, P ^b   Speake, W ^b   Tierney, G ^b   Lund, J N ^b   Thaha, M A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic diarrhoea; Colonscopy; Cost effectiveness; Microscopic colitis; Random biopsies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS, MICROSCOPIC; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864372381     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02847.x     Document Type: Article

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