Is There a Role for Duodenal Bulb Biopsies in Celiac Disease Diagnostics?

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¹ Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
² Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Institute for Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania.

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Juha Taavela et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;14(10):1510-1.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.04.014. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

¹ Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
² Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Institute for Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania.

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Analysis of Biopsies From Duodenal Bulbs of All Endoscopy Patients Increases Detection of Abnormalities but has a Minimal Effect on Diagnosis of Celiac Disease.
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