Use of the curved linear-array echo endoscope to identify gastrorenal shunts in patients with gastric fundal varices.

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Published in Endoscopy on August 01, 2004

Authors

H Kakutani1, S Hino, K Ikeda, T Mashiko, K Sumiyama, Y Uchiyama, A Kuramochi, Y Kitamura, K Matsuda, M Kawamura, H Tajiri, M Urashima

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Endoscopy, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. endosc-kaku@jikei.ac.jp

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