Interobserver reliability in the endoscopic diagnosis and grading of Barrett's esophagus: An Asian multinational study

Endoscopy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 699-704

  Lee, Y C ^a,b   Cook, M B ^c   Bhatia, S ^d   Chow, W H ^c   El Omar, E M ^e   Goto, H ^f   Lin, J T ^a,g   Li, Y Q ^h   Rhee, P L ⁱ   Sharma, P ^j   Sung, J J Y ^k   Wong, J Y Y ^l   Wu, J C Y ^k   Ho, K Y ^l  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

ASIA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956329171     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255629     Document Type: Article

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