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Importance of duodenal bulb biopsies in children for diagnosis of celiac disease in clinical practice

BACKGROUND: The patchy nature of villous lesion in celiac disease is increasingly being recognized. Current guidelines recommend four endoscopic duodenal mucosal biopsies from the second or more distal part of the duodenum to confirm the diagnosis of celiac disease. The purpose of the study was to i...

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Autores principales: Rashid, Mohsin, MacDonald, Andrea
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19835611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-78