Cryotherapy for Barrett's esophagus: Does the gas really matter?

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 432-433

  Dumot, J A ^a   Greenwald, B D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CRYOTHERAPY; DYSPLASIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THERAPY EFFECT;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; NITROGEN;

EID: 79955793444     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256332     Document Type: Editorial

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