A Prospective, Blinded Study of Diagnostic Esophagoscopy with a Superthin, Stand-Alone, Battery-Powered Esophagoscope

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2383-2389

  Mokhashi, Mahesh S ^b   Wildi, Stephan M ^b   Glenn, Tammy F ^b   Wallace, Michael B ^b   Jost, Christian ^b   Gumustop, Bora ^b   Kim, Christopher Y ^b   Cotton, Peter B ^b   Hawes, Robert H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; VIDEO ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY;

EID: 0344309916     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.08701.x     Document Type: Article

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