Probe-based confocal laser microscopy identifies criteria predictive of active celiac sprue.

  • Heiko Pohl
  • Barbara T Tanczos
  • Birgit Rudolph
  • Alexander Meining
  • Ahmed C Khalifa
  • Thomas Rösch
  • Daniel C Baumgart

Abstract

Celiac sprue is an underdiagnosed chronic intestinal inflammatory disease. Probe-based confocal laser microscopy (CLM) is a novel endoscopic technique for in vivo inspection of the intestinal mucosa that has not been evaluated in celiac sprue yet.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN0163-2116
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 21901262