Biopsy of rectum (procedure)

PURPOSE Photodynamic therapy, using a photosensitizing drug activated by red light, can destroy localized areas of cancer with… (More)

BACKGROUND & AIMS Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory bowel disease. We aimed to assess whether clinical… (More)

We investigated the distribution of the collagen band in 33 patients with collagenous colitis to estimate the likelihood of the… (More)

To determine the prognostic importance of microscopic rectal inflammation we followed up 82 patients (aged 21 to 78 years, 44 men… (More)

To explore the effect of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome on gastrointestinal structure and absorption, the cases of 12… (More)

A retrospective blind evaluation of rectal biopsy specimens from 44 patients with acute self-limited colitis and 104 patients… (More)

We carried out a coded, prospective analysis of sequential rectal biopsies from 13 patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow… (More)

A case of chronic watery diarrhoea showed in rectal biopsy a thick subepithelial collagenous deposit in the colorectal mucosa… (More)

There is general agreement that malignant change in ulcerative colitis mostly occurs in those patients whose large intestine is… (More)