Journal:
:international journal of pediatrics
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f farahmand department of pediatric, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
ma kiani department of pediatric, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
a khodadad department of pediatric, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
m najafi department of pediatric, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
gh fallahi department of pediatric, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
f motamed department of pediatric, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
background and aims: in diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease, one of diagnostic way is upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, which helps in differential diagnosis of unspecified colitis as well. the aim of this study was to investigate the necessity of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 3...