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Expanded to two volumes totaling nearly 900 pages, with more than 500 photomicrographs, electron micrographs, and gross pictures, this text/atlas is a treasure chest of information on the entire range of digestive tract biopsy findings. Emphasis is on endoscopic biopsy interpretation, but conditions only diagnosable by operative biopsy are included. The Second Edition describes the latest diagnostic techniques utilizing immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, and molecular biology, and also covers diseases now seen in AIDS patients and other immunocompromised hosts.