Reducing the need for random colonic biopsies in patients with diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 351-352

  Kane, John S ^a   Bryan, Hannah ^a   Ford, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM COLONIC BIOPSY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MALE;

COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, LYMPHOCYTIC; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84922142319     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.401     Document Type: Letter

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