Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 410-416.e1 , February 2009

Narrow-Band Versus White-Light High Definition Television Endoscopic Imaging for Screening Colonoscopy: A Prospective Randomized Trial

  • Andreas Adler

      Affiliations

    • Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Jens Aschenbeck

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Timur Yenerim

      Affiliations

    • Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Michael Mayr

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Alireza Aminalai

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Rolf Drossel

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Andreas Schröder

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Matthias Scheel

      Affiliations

    • Private Gastroenterology Offices/Department of Gastroenterology, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Bertram Wiedenmann

      Affiliations

    • Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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  • Thomas Rösch

      Affiliations

    • Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Charité Medical University Hospitals, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Professor Thomas Rösch, MD, Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Medical University of Berlin, Virchow Clinic Campus, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. fax: 4930450553917

Received 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 9 October 2008.

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 J.A. and A.A. contributed equally to this article.

 The authors disclose the following: The study was supported by Olympus Co, Hamburg, Germany, by providing narrow-band imaging colonoscopes.

 Clinical Trials Gov Registration number: NCT00633620.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01858-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.10.022

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 410-416.e1 , February 2009

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