Barrett's esophagus: Endoscopic diagnosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1232, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-75

  Ishimura, Norihisa ^a   Amano, Yuji ^a   Appelman, Henry D ^b   Penagini, Roberto ^c   Tenca, Andrea ^c   Falk, Gary W ^d   Wong, Roy K H ^e   Gerson, Lauren B ^f   Ramirez, Francisco C ^g   Horwhat, J David ^h   Lightdale, Charles J ⁱ   Devault, Kenneth R ^j   Freschi, Giancarlo ^k   Taddei, Antonio ^k   Bechi, Paolo ^k   Ringressi, Maria Novella ^k   Castiglione, Francesca ^k   Rossi Degl'Innocenti, Duccio ^k   Wang, Helen H ^l   Huang, Qin ^m   Bellizzi, Andrew M ⁿ   Lisovsky, Mikhail ^o   Srivastava, Amitabh ^o   Riddell, Robert H ^p   Johnson, Lawrence F ^q   Saunders, Michael D ^r   Chuttani, Ram ^l   more..

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^l HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^m VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁿ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

5 ALA sensitization; ACG guidelines; Barrett's esophagus; C M criteria; Capsule endoscopy; Chromoendoscopy; Confocal laser endomicroscopy; Endoscopic diagnosis; Focal islands; Gastroesophageal junction; High resolution endoscopy; Magnification endoscopy; Narrow band imaging; NBI; Neoplastic progression; Palisade vessels; PillCam; PpIX; PPV; Prague criteria; Protoporphyrin; Specialized columnar epithelium; Specialized intestinal metaplasia; String capsule; Trimodal imaging; Ultrashort segment; Vienna Classification System

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; INDIGO CARMINE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; WHITE LIGHT ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 80053218559     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06045.x     Document Type: Article

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