American Gastroenterological Association Institute Technical Review on the Role of Upper Gastrointestinal Biopsy to Evaluate Dyspepsia in the Adult Patient in the Absence of Visible Mucosal Lesions

Gastroenterology. 2015 Oct;149(4):1088-118. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.040. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Authors

John I Allen¹, David Katzka², Marie Robert³, Grigorios I Leontiadis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 26278504
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.040

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Biopsy / standards*
Dyspepsia / etiology
Dyspepsia / immunology
Dyspepsia / pathology*
Dyspepsia / therapy
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / standards*
Gastroenterology / standards*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Mucous Membrane / pathology
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract / immunology
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract / pathology*
Young Adult