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How does a biopsy of endoscopically normal terminal ileum contribute to the diagnosis? Which patients should undergo biopsy?

Ali Riza KoksalDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Salih BogaDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Huseyin AlkimDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Meltem ErgunDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Mehmet BayramDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Damlanur SakizDepartment of PathologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Osman OzdoganDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Engin AltinkayaDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Canan AlkimDepartment of GastroenterologySisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Article: 23441 | Received 25 Nov 2013, Accepted 11 Jan 2014, Published online: 19 Feb 2014

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