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Biopsy

  • Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting April 1971—Tokyo
  • Symposium (II): Diagnosis of the Small Intestinal Diseases
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Conclusion

Intestinal biopsy is a helpful procedure for the diagnosis of the diffuse lesions of the small intestine, but it is of limited value in cases of localized. Atrophy of the intestinal villi is characteristic to malabsorptive states, and lymphangiectasia of the intestinal mucosa to protein-losing entero pathy.

Combined procedures of peroral intestinal biopsy and functional tests should be applied to secure the better diagnosis of intestinal lesions.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of Pathology School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan

    Hitoshi Asa Kura, Nobumasa Kobayashi & Yoonosuke Watanabe

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  1. Hitoshi Asa Kura
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Kura, H.A., Kobayashi, N. & Watanabe, Y. Biopsy. Gastroenterol Jpn 7, 50–51 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02779386

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