Confocal Endomicroscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-635

  Meining, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Confocal; Endomicroscopy; Endoscopy; Imaging

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MECHANICAL PROBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 71749093295     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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