Endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease: indications and differential diagnosis.
Colonoscopy with multiple biopsies adds a considerable amount of information to the overall clinical approach to the patient with inflammatory bowel disease. Because colonoscopy is an invasive procedure requiring a vigorous bowel clean-out, it is not a first-line investigative procedure for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. However, in certain indicated circumstances, colonoscopy can assist greatly in the management and diagnosis of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Waye
J D
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine (CUNY), New York.
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