Comparison of interobserver agreement for different scoring systems for reflux esophagitis: Impact of level of experience

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Rath, Heiko C ^a,b   Timmer, Antje ^a   Kunkel, Christian ^a   Endlicher, Esther ^a   Grossmann, Johannes ^a   Hellerbrand, Claus ^a   Herfarth, Hans H ^a   Lock, Guntram ^a   Sahrbacher, Ulrike ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Kullmann, Frank ^a   Messmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Medical Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042587032     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)01289-1     Document Type: Article

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