The yield of colonic biopsy in the evaluation of chronic unexplained diarrhea

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 963-967

  Genta, Robert M ^a,b   Sonnenberg, Amnon ^c,d  

^a MIRACA LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adenomatous polyps; colon biopsy; histopathology of the intestine; inflammatory bowel disease; microscopic colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS; ENDOSCOPIST; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; COLON DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIARRHEA; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938505570     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000365     Document Type: Article

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