DOI: 10.1055/s-00000012

Endoscopy

Issue 12 · Volume 35 · December 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-2952

Original Article

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May, A.; Nachbar, L.; Wardak, A.; Yamamoto, H.; Ell, C.: Double-Balloon Enteroscopy: Preliminary Experience in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding or Chronic Abdominal Pain
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Tringali, A.; Mutignani, M.; Perri, V.; Zuccalà, G.; Cipolletta, L.; Bianco, M. A.; Rotondano, G.; Philipper, M.; Schumacher, B.; Neuhaus, H.; Schmit, A.; Devière, J.; Costamagna, G.: A Prospective, Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing DoubleLayer and Polyethylene Stents for Malignant Distal Common Bile Duct Strictures
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Ragunath, K.; Krasner, N.; Raman, V. S.; Haqqani, M. T.; Cheung, W. Y.: A Randomized, Prospective Cross-Over Trial Comparing Methylene Blue-Directed Biopsy and Conventional Random Biopsy for Detecting Intestinal Metaplasia and Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
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Dejaco, C.; Oesterreicher, C.; Angelberger, S.; Püspök, A.; Birner, P.; Poetzi, R.; Gangl, A.; Oberhuber, G.: Diagnosing Colitis: a Prospective Study on Essential Parameters for Reaching a Diagnosis
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Voderholzer, W. A.; Ortner, M.; Rogalla, P.; Beinhölzl, J.; Lochs, H.: Diagnostic Yield of Wireless Capsule Enteroscopy in Comparison with Computed Tomography Enteroclysis
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Eloubeidi, M. A.; Iseman, D. T.; Chen, V. K.; Vickers, S. M.; Wilcox, C. M.: Prevalence and Significance of Periduodenal Venous Collaterals in Patients Evaluated for Pancreaticobiliary Disorders by Endosonography
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Meenan, J.; Anderson, S.; Tsang, S.; Reffitt, D.; Prasad, P.; Doig, L.: Training in Radial EUS: What is the Best Approach and is There a Role for the Nurse Endoscopist?
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Roman, S.; Saurin, J. C.; Dumortier, J.; Perreira, A.; Bernard, G.; Ponchon, T.: Tolerance and Efficacy of Argon Plasma Coagulation for Controlling Bleeding in Patients with Typical and Atypical Manifestations of Watermelon Stomach
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Ainsworth, A. P.; Rafaelsen, S. R.; Wamberg, P. A.; Durup, J.; Pless, T. K.; Mortensen, M. B.: Is There a Difference in Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Impact between Endoscopic Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography?
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Sakashita, M.; Inoue, H.; Kashida, H.; Tanaka, J.; Cho, J. Y.; Satodate, H.; Hidaka, E.; Yoshida, T.; Fukami, N.; Tamegai, Y.; Shiokawa, A.; Kudo, S.: Virtual Histology of Colorectal Lesions Using Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopy
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Johnston, S. D.; McKenna, A.; Tham, T. C. K.: Silent Myocardial Ischaemia during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
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Li, C.-Z.; Cheng, L.-F.; Wang, Z.-Q.; Gu, Y.: Photodynamic Therapy of Esophageal Varices: Experimental Studies in Animal Veins, and First Clinical Cases

Expert Approach Section

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Laasch, H.-U.; Martin, D. F.; Do, Y. S.; Köcher, M.; Valette, P.-J.: Interventional Radiology for the Management of Inoperable Carcinoma of the Oesophagus

Review

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Prosst, R. L.; Wolfsen, H. C.; Gahlen, J.: Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal Diseases: A Clinical Update

Case Report

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Nakajima , T.; Kamano , T.; Watanabe , K.; Meguro , H.; Shibasaki , K.: A Gastric Hyperplastic Polyp Observed Endoscopically Before and After Autoamputation
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Pohle, T.; Konturek, J. W.; Domschke, W.; Lerch, M. M.: Spontaneous Flow of Bile Through the Human Pancreatic Duct in the Absence of Pancreatitis: Nature’s Human Experiment
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Giovannini , M.; Dotti , M.; Bories , E.; Moutardier , V.; Pesenti , C.; Danisi , C.; Delpero , J. R.: Hepaticogastrostomy by Echo-Endoscopy as a Palliative Treatment in a Patient with Metastatic Biliary Obstruction

Letter to the Editor

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Orlando, R.; Lirussi, F.: Laparoscopy and Guided Liver Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Cirrhosis: Conventional Technique vs. Minilaparoscopy
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Helmreich-Becker, I.: Reply to Orlando and Lirussi

Unusual Cases and Technical Notes

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Laasch, H.-U.; Wilbraham, L.; Marriott, A.; Martin, D. F.: Treatment of Colovaginal Fistula with Coaxial Placement of Covered and Uncovered Stents
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Inamori, M.; Togawa, J.; Kawamura, H.; Abe, Y.; Naitoh, H.; Nagase, H.; Nakajima, A.; Saito, T.; Tominaga, S.; Ueno, N.; Tanaka, K.; Sekihara, H.: Severe Ulceration of the Stomach after Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy
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Mergener, K.; Detweiler, S. E.; Traverso, L. W.: Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Diagnosis by EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration
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Suzuki, N.; Saunders, B. P.; Thomas-Gibson, S.; Marshall, M.; Halligan, S.; Northover, J. M. A.: Complications of Colonic Stenting: A Case of Stent Migration and Fracture
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Mosler, P.; Kiesslich, R.; Stein, R.; Galle, P. R.; Thüroff, J. W.; Kanzler, S.: Use of a Duodenoscope in the Management of a Ureteral Calculus in a Patient with Ureterosigmoidostomy (Mainz Pouch II; Rectosigmoid Pouch)

Images in Focus

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Sotoudehmanesh, R.; Yoonessi, A.: Diagnosis of Fasciola Hepatica by Endoscopic Ultrasound

Obituary

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Kurt Karl Stephan Semm, 1927 - 2003