Histological quality of polyps resected using the cold versus hot biopsy technique

Endoscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 432-436

  Monkemuller K E ^a,c   Fry, L C ^a   Jones, B H ^a   Wells, C ^a   Mikolaenko, I ^b   Eloubeidi, M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c East Valley Gastroenterol/Hepatol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAUTERIZATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOCOAGULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BIOPSY; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2342577527     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814321     Document Type: Article

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