Diagnostic yield of the light blue crest sign in gastric intestinal metaplasia: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The diagnostic yield of light blue crest(LBC) sign, which was observed by narrow band imaging with magnification endoscopy(NBI-ME), in detecting gastric intestinal metaplasia(IM) has shown variable results. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of LBC under NBI-ME for detect...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Wei Huang, Jing Du, Youwei Chen, Jianmin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962461?pdf=render