Diagnostic value of terminal ileum biopsy in chronic diarrhea with normal endoscopic appearance
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Diagnostic value of terminal ileum biopsies in patients with abnormal terminal ileum mucosal appearance.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the necessity of obtaining routine ileal biopsy during colonoscopy in the patients with abnormal terminal ileum mucosal appearance if the inflammatory bowel disease is not considered. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed for 57 patients who were referred to a private hospital for colonoscopy between January 2008 and February 2009, in whom termin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Digestive Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1751-2972
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2011.00503.x