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How useful is combined chromoendoscopy and endomicroscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis?

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boxed-textKiesslich R et al. (2007) Chromoscopy-guided endomicroscopy increases the diagnostic yield of intraepithelial neoplasia in ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology 132: 874–882

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Nawaz, I., Wallace, M. How useful is combined chromoendoscopy and endomicroscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 128–129 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1026

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