The usefulness of magnifying chromoendoscopy: Pit pattern diagnosis can predict histopathological diagnosis precisely [13]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2934-2935

  Tamura, Satoru ^a   Ookawauchi, Koji ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a   Yokoyama, Yuichi ^a   Yamada, Takayoshi ^a   Higashidani, Yoshifumi ^a   Tadokoro, Takehisa ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036840206     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.07086.x     Document Type: Letter

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