Ultrathin crossroads: Is smaller better?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-380

  Botoman, V Alin ^a  

^a Gastroenterol Inst Ft Lauderdale   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; ASIA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EUROPE; EXPECTATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; LAVAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; OPTICS; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCREENING; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUCTION; TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037344270     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.112     Document Type: Editorial

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