Experienced versus inexperienced confocal endoscopists in the diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma and intestinal metaplasia on confocal images

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1141-1147

  Lim, Lee Guan ^a   Yeoh, Khay Guan ^a   Salto Tellez, Manuel ^a   Khor, Christopher J L ^a   Teh, Ming ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^a   So, Jimmy B Y ^a   Rajnakova, Andrea ^a   Shen, Emily ^b   Srivastava, Supriya ^a   Ho, Khek Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIST; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957802300     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.068     Document Type: Article

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