Duodenal bulb for diagnosing adult celiac disease: Much more than an optimal biopsy site

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1081-1082

  Nenna, Raffaella ^a   Pontone, Stefano ^a   Mennini, Maurizio ^a   Petrarca, Laura ^a   Mastrogiorgio, Gerarda ^a   Bonamico, Margherita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENAL BULB BIOPSY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LETTER; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE;

EID: 84877017237     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.06.019     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Kurien M, Evans KE, Hopper AD, et al. Duodenal bulb biopsies for diagnosing adult celiac disease: is there an optimal biopsy site? Gastrointest Endosc 2012;75:1190-6.
2. Nenna R, Pontone S, Pontone P, et al. Duodenal bulb in celiac adults: the "whether biopsying" dilemma. J Clin Gastroenterol 2012;46:302-7.