Mucosal ablation devices

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1031-1042

  Rodriguez, Sarah A ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a   Chand, Bipan ^a   Conway, Jason D ^a   Diehl, David L ^a   Kantsevoy, Sergey V ^a   Kwon, Richard S ^a   Mamula, Petar ^a   Shah, Raj J ^a   Wong Kee Song, Louis Michel ^a   Tierney, William M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVICE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERFORATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; ULCER;

ARGON; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 56349096427     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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