Inter- and intra-observer variability of the Los Angeles classification: A reassessment

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-53

  Nasseri Moghaddam, Siavosh ^a   Razjouyan, Hadi ^a   Nouraei, Mehdi ^a   Alimohammadi, Maysam ^a   Mamarabadi, Mansoureh ^a   Vahedi, Homayoon ^a   Pourshams, Akram ^a   Mohammadnejad, Mehdi ^a   Zamani, Farhad ^a   Sadr, Farhad ^a   Darvish Moghaddam, Sodaif ^a   Farsi, Pantea ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Inter observer variability; Intra observer variability; Los Angeles classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 33846668633     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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