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THE HISTOLOGY OF GASTRITIS
Author(s) -
Doig R. K.,
Motteram R.
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1950.tb06571.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , gastric biopsy , stomach , histology , gastritis , differential diagnosis , radiology , pathology
Summary (1) The various methods by which material has been. obtained for histological examination of the stomach are briefly discussed. (2) The advantages and limitations of blind biopsy, using a flexible gastric biopsy tube, are set forth. (3) Cases are presented in which biopsy has been used and three representative tvpes illustrated. (4) Photomicrographs from sections of these biopsy specimens are proffered as proof of the adequacy of the material, and the importance and value of differential stains is pointed out.