Laser‐induced Fluorescence Microscopy of Normal Colon and Dysplasia in Colonic Adenomas: Implications for Spectroscopic Diagnosis

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 81-87

  Romer Tj J ^a,b   Fitzmaurice, M ^a,b   Cothren, R M ^a,b   Richards Kortum R ^a,b   Petras, R ^a,b   Sivak, M V ^a,b   Jr , J R Kramer ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMAN; LASERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028878128     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1995.tb08015.x     Document Type: Article

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