Benefit of pronase in image quality during EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1230-1237

  Han, Jae Pil ^a   Hong, Su Jin ^a   Moon, Jong Ho ^a   Lee, Gun Hwa ^a   Byun, Jin Myung ^a   Kim, Hwa Jong ^a   Choi, Hyun Jong ^a   Ko, Bong Min ^a   Lee, Moon Sung ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ENDONASE; PRONASE; SIMETHICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY CATHETER ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH MUCOSA; VISIBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ARTIFACTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PRONASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 82755160702     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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