Diagnosing Barrett's esophagus: reliability of clinical and pathologic diagnoses

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1004-1010

  Corley, Douglas A ^a   Kubo, Ai ^a   DeBoer, Jolanda ^a   Rumore, Gregory J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; METAPLASIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE;

EID: 65349109616     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.035     Document Type: Article

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