Histological diagnosis of precancerous lesions of the stomach: A reliability study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 716-720

  Plummer, Martyn ^a   Buiatti, Eva ^b   Lopez, Gladys ^c   Peraza, Simon ^c   Vivas, Jorge ^c   Oliver, Walter ^c   Muñoz, Nubia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Department of Nephrology USL Azienda 10   (Italy)

^c Cancer Control Center of the Tachira State   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Chronic gastritis; Dysplasia; Inter rater reliability; Intestinal metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPLASIA; ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030861948     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.716     Document Type: Article

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