Observer variability in the histopathologic diagnosis of microscopic colitis and subgroups

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2461-2466

  Fiehn, Anne Marie Kanstrup ^a,e   Bjørnbak, Camilla ^b   Warnecke, Mads ^c   Engel, Peter Johan Heiberg ^a,d   Munck, Lars Kristian ^b,d  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Lymphocytic colitis; Microscopic colitis; Microscopic colitis incomplete; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885653524     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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