Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1509-1513 , May 2009

Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy

  • Michael B. Wallace

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, Florida 32224
    • ,
  • Paul Fockens

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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 Conflicts of interest Dr Wallace receives research funding from Mauna Kea Technologies but no consulting or speaker's bureau fees.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00438-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.034

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1509-1513 , May 2009

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