Endoscopic ultrasonography

Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-173

  Caletti, G ^a,b   Ferrari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER STAGING; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH ULCER; SUBMUCOSA;

EID: 0029987160     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005428     Document Type: Review

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