Adequacy of mucosal sampling with the "two-bite" forceps technique: A prospective, randomized, blinded study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-173

  Padda, Sukhdeep ^a   Shah, Ifat ^a   Ramirez, Francisco C ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FORCEPS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0037329214     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.75     Document Type: Article

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