Abstract
This paper reviews topics relating to the diagnosis of small intestinal diseases, such as the use of enteroscopy and enteroclysis in the evaluation of patients with obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage; the use of the steatocrit and fecal antilactoferrin latex bead agglutination test in the evaluation of diarrhea; the use of the polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing Whipple's disease; and the use of somatostatin receptor imaging for evaluating gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The management of Whipple's disease and lactase deficiency is also addressed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 164-168 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Current opinion in gastroenterology |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Jun 4 1996 |