Interobserver agreement in the staging of rectal cancer using endoscopic ultrasonography

Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 620-625

  Burtin, P ^a   Rabot, A F ^b   Heresbach, D ^b   Carpentier, S ^a   Rousselet, M C ^a   Le Berre, N ^b   Boyer, J ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030735697     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004267     Document Type: Article

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