Interobserver and intraobserver variation in endoscopic assessment of GERD using the 'Los Angeles' classification

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 700-704

  Kusano, M ^a   Ino, K ^a   Yamada, T ^a   Kawamura, O ^a   Toki, M ^a   Ohwada, T ^a   Kikuchi, K ^a   Shirota, T ^a   Kimura, M ^a   Miyazaki, M ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Igarashi, S ^a   Tomizawa, M ^a   Tamura, T ^a   Sekiguchi, T ^a   Mori, M ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033002919     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(99)70285-3     Document Type: Article

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