Fiberoptic endoscopy is 50! Basil I. Hirschowitz, MD

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Morgenstern, Leon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STOMACH FISTULA; URETEROSCOPY;

AFRICA; ENDOSCOPY; ENGLAND; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750216271     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606290164     Document Type: Article

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