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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
antral
▪ Invitro gastric antral biopsies were stimulated by vortex mixing and eicosanoid measurements determined by radioimmunoassay.
▪ Another of the antral biopsy specimens was Gram stained and cultured.
▪ Endoscopic gastric antral biopsy specimens were also obtained for urease activity, culture, and histology.
▪ The antral biopsy specimens were fixed in formalin and processed routinely.
▪ The peptic activity of antral biopsies was determined in all 122 patients.
colonic
▪ The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial.
▪ Figure 2 illustrates lysozyme mRNA in a colonic biopsy specimen from a patient with longstanding ulcerative colitis.
▪ In colonic biopsy specimens from normal and colitic controls inappropriate staining is less evident.
▪ We showed that luminol enhanced chemiluminescence from colonic mucosa biopsy specimens is increased in patients with ulcerative colitis.
duodenal
▪ Another patient had severe inflammation and numerous granulomata on histological examination of duodenal biopsies indicating Crohn's disease of the duodenum.
▪ Decreased concentrations of activated pepsinogen were found in H pylori positive patients only. Duodenal biopsies were tested in 76 patients.
▪ The absence of a low folate value should not deter the physician from obtaining a duodenal biopsy specimen.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
endoscopic
▪ All endoscopic biopsy specimens and gastrectomy material were reviewed and classified according to the proposals of Isaacson etal.
▪ Where a malignant cause for the stricture was suspected, this was excluded by endoscopic biopsies and cytological examination.
▪ The incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic biopsy of the papilla is unknown.
▪ In the remaining seven patients the diagnosis was made after colectomy and synchronous pouch formation despite preoperative endoscopic biopsies suggesting ulcerative colitis.
gastric
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ The protein was further shown to inhibit cAMP release of gastric fundic biopsies and to prevent its stimulation by histamine.
▪ Invitro gastric antral biopsies were stimulated by vortex mixing and eicosanoid measurements determined by radioimmunoassay.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ Repeated gastric biopsies did not show progression to a higher grade lymphoma in any of the patients.
▪ Endoscopic gastric antral biopsy specimens were also obtained for urease activity, culture, and histology.
▪ In the gastric mucosal biopsy specimens a severe phlegmonous inflammation was found.
intestinal
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
▪ Four of the nine patients requiring a small intestinal biopsy had impaired linear growth emphasising the potential serious effects of this illness.
▪ Nine patients with Cryptosporidium, chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive had a proximal small intestinal biopsy performed.
▪ In eight of the 11 patients, full thickness intestinal biopsy specimens were available for histological examination.
▪ We and others have described the histological characteristics of full thickness intestinal biopsies in patients with visceral myopathy and neuropathy.
▪ Full thickness intestinal biopsy specimens were obtained in eight of the children.
jejunal
▪ The morphometric parameters of the jejunal biopsy specimens before and after challenge were analysed by the discriminant function analysis.
▪ Linaker and Calam found coeliac disease in 12% of patients aged 65 years or over having jejunal biopsy for anaemia.
▪ The timing of the jejunal biopsies, antigliadin antibody test, and sugar intestinal permeability test is shown in Figure 1.
mucosal
▪ Six mucosal biopsy specimens were taken from the antrum and four from both the corpus and fundus of the stomach.
▪ Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.
▪ Standard haematoxylin and eosin stained preparations were scored according to the inflammatory scale previously established for use in reservoir mucosal biopsy tissue.
▪ The two non-inflammatory bowel disease cultures were from mucosal biopsies, one grew spheroplasts and the other acid fast bacilli.
▪ These patients were receiving no treatment at the time of mucosal biopsy.
▪ In the gastric mucosal biopsy specimens a severe phlegmonous inflammation was found.
normal
▪ Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ Another patient developed a persistent hepatitis of unknown aetiology at six months followed by a normal biopsy specimen at 15 months.
▪ The other five were histologically normal colonoscopic biopsy specimens taken from children investigated for abdominal pain.
▪ The concentrations of urokinase type plasminogen activator in the duodenum resemble the quantities found in normal stomach tissue biopsy specimens.
rectal
▪ Furthermore, rectal biopsy specimens were obtained from each twin in whom sigmoidoscopy could be carried out.
▪ Sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy was performed at entry, day 14, and day 28.
small
▪ Four of the nine patients requiring a small intestinal biopsy had impaired linear growth emphasising the potential serious effects of this illness.
▪ Nine patients with Cryptosporidium, chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive had a proximal small intestinal biopsy performed.
▪ The researchers take a small biopsy the size of a pea.
▪ Though the numbers affected are small colonoscopic biopsy and histological examination for dysplasia seems to hold no advantage over routine clinical management.
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
■ NOUN
liver
▪ Sixteen days after liver transplantation a deterioration in liver function tests occurred and liver biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.
▪ In some cases, a liver biopsy may also be done.
▪ Within 48 hours of admission, all patients underwent a haemodynamic study during transjugular liver biopsy.
▪ Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ In four patients cirrhosis of the liver had been diagnosed at histopathological examination of liver biopsies.
▪ Plugged liver biopsies are both effective and safe when used to perform percutaneous liver biopsies in patients with impaired coagulation.
▪ A liver biopsy specimen taken from our patient shortly after reperfusion of the graft showed neutrophil infiltration.
sample
▪ Evaluating more than two biopsy samples leads to an alignment in the number of crypts required to achieve a certain precision.
▪ Briefly, each biopsy sample was washed thoroughly in three changes of diluent to remove faeces and adherent mucus.
▪ This might be as a result of the weight of endoscopy biopsy samples.
specimen
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
▪ In the remaining patient, amyloid deposits of the jejunum were confirmed by intraoperative biopsy specimens.
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ Another of the antral biopsy specimens was Gram stained and cultured.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ The other biopsy specimen was maintained in organ culture with or without the addition of vitamin D metabolites.
▪ A flat biopsy specimen was obtained from each of the 42 patients.
▪ The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial.
■ VERB
obtain
▪ The absence of a low folate value should not deter the physician from obtaining a duodenal biopsy specimen.
▪ In order to diagnose ovarian cancer, you have to do surgery to obtain a biopsy.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
perform
▪ Plugged liver biopsies are both effective and safe when used to perform percutaneous liver biopsies in patients with impaired coagulation.
▪ At least three months post treatment endoscopy was performed and biopsies were obtained for the same procedures as above.
show
▪ Liver biopsy showed that this patient already had secondary biliary cirrhosis.
▪ Sixteen days after liver transplantation a deterioration in liver function tests occurred and liver biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.
▪ This was confirmed on computed tomography and biopsy showed it to be a well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.
▪ Histological examination Day 3: The biopsies showed moderate to severe inter and intracellular oedema.
▪ When undertaken, renal biopsy has usually shown interstitial nephritis, although minimal change nephropathy has been reported.
▪ Again, biopsies showed only chronic inflammation.
▪ Examination round to the caecum showed no abnormality and biopsy specimens showed normal colonic mucosa.
▪ Repeated gastric biopsies did not show progression to a higher grade lymphoma in any of the patients.
take
▪ He took a biopsy of one of them.
▪ The interval between taking and freezing the biopsy specimens was less than 30 minutes.
▪ If an area of abnormality is identified a punch biopsy may be taken.
▪ The researchers take a small biopsy the size of a pea.
▪ To limit sampling error, we took multiple biopsy specimens at standardised sites.
undergo
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ Labelling indices remained essentially unchanged in those patient who underwent biopsy twice.
▪ Patients who achieved complete remission underwent endoscopy with biopsies every six months.
use
▪ There are some potential disadvantages of using biopsy specimens as opposed to epithelial cell preparations for metabolic studies.
▪ These studies show that mucosal metabolism can be assessed effectively using biopsy specimens without the need for epithelial cell purification.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
▪ For the detection and typing of human papillomavirus we used cervical scrapes instead of biopsy specimens.
▪ The probability of missing a cervical infection is possibly higher when using biopsy specimens because of inevitable sampling errors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In 10 patients receiving combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the endoscopic lesions resolved and biopsy specimens were negative.
▪ Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ Temporal artery biopsy is considered the definitive test in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ The biopsies were fixed in formalin and stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
▪ The biopsies were immediately frozen at -70°C.
▪ The endoscopes were sterilised after each examination according to local standards; the biopsy forceps were sterilised by autoclaving.
▪ The other biopsy specimen was maintained in organ culture with or without the addition of vitamin D metabolites.
▪ This may partly explain the lack of change in the appearance of the duodenal mucosa on serial biopsy in this condition.