Historical perspectives on technology in GI endoscopy

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-64

  Hirschowitz, Basil I ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COLON DISEASE; ELECTRONICS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LIGHT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; SAFETY;

EID: 0041307237     PISSN: 10962883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tgie.2003.1     Document Type: Article

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