The Valuable Role of Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Endoscopy is a valuable clinical tool for the clinician who takes care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The role of endoscopy in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of IBD is discussed in this review. The central role that colonoscopy plays in screening for colon cancer in pat...

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Autor principal: Hamilton, Matthew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22474403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/467979
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description Endoscopy is a valuable clinical tool for the clinician who takes care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The role of endoscopy in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of IBD is discussed in this review. The central role that colonoscopy plays in screening for colon cancer in patients with longstanding IBD is also addressed.
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spelling pubmed-32993642012-04-03 The Valuable Role of Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hamilton, Matthew J. Diagn Ther Endosc Review Article Endoscopy is a valuable clinical tool for the clinician who takes care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The role of endoscopy in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of IBD is discussed in this review. The central role that colonoscopy plays in screening for colon cancer in patients with longstanding IBD is also addressed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3299364/ /pubmed/22474403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/467979 Text en Copyright © 2012 Matthew J. Hamilton. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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