Unsedated small-caliber endoscopy - A new screening and surveillance tool for Barrett's esophagus?: Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 426-427

  Atkinson, Matthew ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHAGIA; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34547653864     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0880     Document Type: Short Survey

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