Endoluminal ultrasography for rectal tumors: Efficacy, sources of error and limitations

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-231

  Palacios Fanlo, M J ^a   Ramírez Rodríguez, José Manuel ^a,b   Aguilella Diago, V ^a   Arribas Del Amo, D ^a   Martinez Diez M ^a   Lozano Mantecon R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endorectal sonography; Preoperative staging; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0013424558     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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