In a recent study, Kawada et al. conducted a retrospective analysis of paediatric patients who had undergone lower gastrointestinal endoscopy to evaluate its use as a diagnostic tool. This under-studied area deserves critique within a modern framework of expectation for the routine yield for this invasive investigation in standard paediatric gastroenterology practice.
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M.T. is on the Medical Advisory Board UK for Danone/Nutricia, Mead Johnson, Movetis, Nestle, Sandhill Scientific. He has received research support from Astra-Zeneca, Cook Medical, Norgine, Movetis, Reckitt-Benckeiser.
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Thomson, M. Diagnostic yield of paediatric lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 13, 382–384 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2016.83
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