Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1582-1583 , November 2009

Advances in Imaging and Technology of Pre-Invasive Neoplasia: The Big (and Small) Picture

  • Michael B. Wallace

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL, 32224

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 Conflicts of interest Dr Wallace receives research funding from Olympus, Fujinon, and Mauna Kea Technologies.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01671-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.030

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1582-1583 , November 2009

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