Can Western endoscopists identify the end of the lower esophageal palisade vessels as a landmark of esophagogastric junction?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 842-846

  Kusano, Chika ^a   Kaltenbach, Tonya ^b   Shimazu, Taichi ^c   Soetikno, Roy ^b   Gotoda, Takuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopic diagnosis; Palisade vessels; Short segment Barrett's esophagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69349097942     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0083-1     Document Type: Article

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