Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for In Vivo Diagnosis of Early Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Esophagus

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Pech, Oliver ^a   Rabenstein, Thomas ^a   Manner, Hendrik ^a   Petrone, Maria C ^b   Pohl, Jürgen ^a   Vieth, Michael ^c   Stolte, Manfred ^c   Ell, Christian ^a  

^a HSK Wiesbaden   (Germany)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37449016915     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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