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Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy of the Urinary Tract: The Technique
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Successful use of volumetric laser endomicroscopy in imaging a rectal polyp
Arvind J Trindade1, Keith Sultan2, Arunan S Vamadevan2
1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, North Shore University Hospital, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Levitt Building, 4th Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
|January 16, 2016
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