학술논문
Additional Value of Upper GI Tract Endoscopy in the Diagnostic Assessment of Childhood IBD
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Article
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition; June 2012, Vol. 54 Issue: 6 p753-757, 5p
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02772116; 15364801
Abstract
For the choice of treatment in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it is important to make a distinction between Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). To look for pathognomonic features of CD, upper gastrointestinal tract (UGT) endoscopy has become part of the routine evaluation of children with suspected IBD; however, pathological changes can also be found in the UGT in patients with UC. The aims of the present study were to establish the role of UGT involvement in the diagnostic assessment of suspected IBD in children and to detect histopathological changes in the UGT mucosa, which can distinguish CD from non-CD (UC and non-IBD).