Interpretation of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy of indeterminate biliary strictures: Is there any interobserver agreement?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3299-3302

  Talreja, Jayant P ^a   Sethi, Amrita ^b   Jamidar, Priya A ^c   Singh, Satish K ^d   Kwon, Richard S ^e   Siddiqui, Uzma D ^c   Sawhney, Mandeep ^f   Bakhru, Mihir R ^a   Gaidhane, Monica ^g   Kline, Pam ^g   Sauer, Bryan G ^a   Kahaleh, Michel ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary stricture; Diagnostic accuracy; Interobserver; pCLE; Probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84871632807     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2338-6     Document Type: Article

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