Declaration of Bankruptcy for Four-Quadrant Biopsies in Barrett's Esophagus?

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-612

  Pech, Oliver ^a  

^a HSK Wiesbaden ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DYSPLASIA; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 67349213309     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.012     Document Type: Editorial

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