Assessing the severity of atrophic gastritis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1059-1063

  Annibale, Bruno ^a   Lahner, Edith ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Atrophic gastritis; Gastric cancer; Gastric malignancies; Gastroscopy; Helicobacter pylori infection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36249013261     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f198c2     Document Type: Review

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