Adenoma detection using high definition endoscopy - Does narrow band imaging increase the yield? Commentary

Evidence-Based Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 79-80

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 35848935609     PISSN: 15278557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EBG.0b013e31815acfba     Document Type: Note

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