Chromoendoscopy for Barrett's esophagus in the twenty-first century: to stain or not to stain?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-205

  Canto, Marcia Irene ^a   Kalloo, Anthony ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING ENDOSCOPY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CONFOCAL AUTOFLUORESCENCE ENDOMICROSCOPY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCYSTOSCOPE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NARROW BAND IMAGING ENDOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHYLENE BLUE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 33745968794     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.921     Document Type: Editorial

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