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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-11-01
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Series: | BMC Gastroenterology |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/169 |