Which landmark results in a more consistent diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus, the gastric folds or the palisade vessels?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-211

  Amano, Yuji ^a   Ishimura, Norihisa ^a   Furuta, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^a   Chinuki, Daisuke ^a   Mishima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Moriyama, Ichiro ^a   Fukuhara, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishihara, Shunji ^a   Adachi, Kyoichi ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH FOLD;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746116467     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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