Endocytoscopy provides an in vivo virtual histopathological diagnosis
                    of Whipple’s disease

Endoscopy 2013; 45(S 02): E143-E144
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326276

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

D. Watanabe

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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S. E. Kudo

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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S. Hayashi

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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Y. Mori

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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K. Kodama

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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K. Wakamura

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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H. Miyachi

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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F. Yamamura

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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K. Ohtsuka

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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T. Mikogami

²Department of Clinical Pathology, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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S. Kimura

²Department of Clinical Pathology, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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K. Fukuchi

³Department of Clinical Pathology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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N. Ikehara

¹Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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