Minilaparoscopy for early diagnosis of cirrhosis: Is the endoscopist's eye better than the histopathologist's?

Endoscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-75

  Manns, Michael P ^a   Schneider, A ^a   Meier, P N ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TROCAR; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037239088     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-36396     Document Type: Editorial

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