Morphologic Criteria Applicable to Biopsy Specimens for Effective Distinction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Other Forms of Colitis and of Crohn's Disease from Ulcerative Colitis

Masanori Tanaka

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology · 1999 · 226 citations · 32 references

Abstract

Specific histological features together with their distribution can reliably diagnose IBD, distinguish CD from UC, and provide an estimate of the probability of the underlying disease being present.

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