A new method of diagnosing gastric intestinal metaplasia: narrow-band imaging with magnifying endoscopy - Concepedia

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A new method of diagnosing gastric intestinal metaplasia: narrow-band imaging with magnifying endoscopy

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2006

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Noriya Uedo, Ryu Ishihara, Hiroyasu Iishi, Sachiko Yamamoto, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Tomoharu Yamada, K. Imanaka, Yoji Takeuchi, K Higashino, Shigeo Ishiguro,

Abstract

In narrow-band imaging with magnifying endoscopy, observation of a light blue crest on the epithelial surface in the gastric mucosa is a highly accurate sign of the presence of histological intestinal metaplasia.