High prevalence of gastric intestinal metaplasia detected by confocal laser endomicroscopy in Zambian adults.

Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) may increase the detection of gastric premalignant lesions, and facilitate targeted biopsies for histology. The study aim was to analyse premalignant lesions in Zambian adults using CLE.Using CLE and histology we analysed the antral mucosa for gastric premalignant...

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Main Authors: Violet Kayamba, Aaron Shibemba, Kanekwa Zyambo, Douglas C Heimburger, Douglas R Morgan, Paul Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590914?pdf=render