Endoscopic techniques for recognizing neoplasia in Barrett's esophagus: Which should the clinician use?

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-360

  Waxman, Irving ^a   Konda, Vani J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence imaging; Barrett's esophagus; Chromoendoscopy; Confocal laser endomicroscopy; High resolution endoscopy; Narrow band imaging; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HIGH RESOLUTION ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77954119458     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32833ad5c4     Document Type: Review

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