Endoscopic and histological pitfalls in the diagnosis of celiac disease: a multicentre study assessing the current practice

Endoscopic and histological pitfalls in the diagnosis of celiac disease: a multicentre study assessing the current practice

Background and aims: the diagnosis of celiac disease requires small bowel biopsies to identify the characteristic mucosal changes. The current biopsy practice among endoscopists for celiac disease is in most part unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the different diagnostic policies in vari...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Rostami-Nejad, Vincenzo Villanacci, Sabine Hogg-Kollars, Umberto Volta, Stefania Manenti, Mohammad Reza-Zali, Giacomo Caio, Paolo Giovenali, Ausrine Barakauskiene, Edita Kazenaite, Gabriel Becheanu, Mircea Diculescu, Salvatore Pellegrino, Giuseppe Magazzù, Giovanni Casella, Camillo Di-Bella, Nicola Decarli, Mauro Biancalani, Gabrio Bassotti, Kamran Rostami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
Subjects:
Celiac disease
Pitfall
Biopsy specimen
Multicenter
Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082013000600003&lng=en&tlng=en

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