Advances in confocal laser endomicroscopy for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-500

  Goetz, Martin ^a   Kiesslich, Ralf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acriflavine; Adenoma; Confocal endomicroscopy; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescein; Fluorescence; NOTES; Perfusion imaging; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 77953119751     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530050903032661     Document Type: Review

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