Staining and magnifying the mucosa: are biopsies no longer required?

Helmut Neumann; Klaus Mönkemüller

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1378065

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Endoscopy 2014; 46(10): 833-835
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1378065

Editorial

Staining and magnifying the mucosa: are biopsies no longer required?

Helmut Neumann

¹Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

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Klaus Mönkemüller

²Basil Hirschowitz Endoscopic Center of Excellence, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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