Marginal turbid band and light blue crest, signs observed in magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy, are indicative of gastric intestinal metaplasia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) usually appears in flat mucosa and shows few morphologic changes, making diagnosis using conventional endoscopy unreliable. Magnifying narrow-band imaging (NBI) endoscopy enables evaluation of detai...

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Main Authors: An Jin, Song Geun, Kim Gwang, Park Do, Shin Na, Lee Bong, Woo Hyun, Ryu Dong, Kim Dong, Heo Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/169