Diagnostic quality of biopsy specimens: Comparison between a conventional biopsy forceps and Multibite forceps

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 600-604

  Fantin, Amedeo C ^a,b   Neuweiler, Jörg ^a   Binek, Janek S ^a   Suter, Walter R ^a   Meyenberger, Christa ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECONOMICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035516090     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.118945     Document Type: Article

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