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Confocal laser endomicroscopy: a new gold standard for the assessment of mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Mar 2015
Macé Vincent, Ahluwalia Amrita, Coron Emmanuel, Le Rhun Marc, Boureille Arnaud, Bossard Céline, Mosnier Jean-François, Matysiak-Budnik Tamara, Tarnawski Andrzej S
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Endoscopic assessment of mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis (UC) is increasingly accepted as a measure of disease activity, therapeutic goal, and the key prognostic indicator. While regular endoscopy evaluates appearance of the mucosal surface, confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) enables in vivo visualization of subepithelial mucosa at 1000× magnification during ongoing endoscopy. Our aims...
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