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Intestinal biopsy

Here we demonstrate how to take a jejunal biopsy; the technique is the same for the other locations. In order to perform an intestinal biopsy, first we must choose the location of the biopsy. This will depend on what we are looking for, but we typically perform gastric, duodenal, jejunal and ileal biopsies.

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