Prospective evaluation of a 3.1-mm battery-powered esophagoscope in screening for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 807-812

  Madhotra, Ravi ^a   Mokhashi, Mahesh ^a   Willner, Ira ^a   Hawes, Robert H ^a   Reuben, Adrian ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0038292168     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07374.x     Document Type: Article

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