Confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy for in vivo determination of microvessel density in Barrett's esophagus

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 888-891

  Becker, V ^a   Vieth, M ^b   Bajbouj, M ^a   Schmid, R M ^a   Meining, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 56749106486     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077718     Document Type: Article

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